African: a dialect of the N. W. division of Kaffir, allied to Ralu.
Banca or Bangka.
Besides the Chinese who work in the tin mines, Banca has a native population who speak a dialect of Malay, with some intermixture of Javanese, derived from Palembang, an ancient colony of Javanese, and other foreign elements. P. J. V.
Banffshire.
A dialect of the lowlands of Scotland. See “Remarks on the dialect of Banffshire, with a glossary of words not in Jamieson’s Scottish Dictionary,” by Rev. W. Gregor, Philol. Socy. Trans., 1866. W. W. S.
Banga.
A dialect of Bengali, vernacular in Arracan. See “Asiatic Researches,” vol. v., p. 238.
Bangbay.
African: short vocabulary communicated by Dr. Barth to the Geographical Society.