A provincial dialect of English. See Glossary in “Surtees’ Society Publications,” 1837. See [Teesdale].
Dutch.
The modern typical language of Low-German, called Nieder- or Platt-Deutsch; it is the name formerly given to High-Dutch or German and Low-Dutch or Flemish, but now narrowed to the Netherlandish of Holland. It includes the dialects of Holland or Low-Dutch, and of Flanders, or Flemish, with their sub-dialects, and is allied to Platt-Deutsch, being one of the great classes of the Teutonic. The Dutch of Holland has a copious literature, and is spoken in Holland, parts of the West Indies, South Africa, and Australasia or Netherland-India. Provincial dialects are numerous. See Jülg’s “Vater,” pp. 93-98; De Vries and Te Winkel “Woordenboek,” 1864-70, still unfinished; Hermansz’s “Aenleiding,” Amsterdam, 1723; Tuinman’s “Fakkel,” Leyden, 1722-31. H. C.
Dwama.
African: dialect of the Mana.
Dyak, see [Dajak].
Dzekire.
African: dialect of the Yoruba.
Dzelana.