Bashee or Bashi.

A dialect of Negritic, vernacular in the China Sea, S. of Formosa; a group of the Philippines. See Vocaby.: Belcher’s “Voyage of the Samarang,” vol. ii.

Bashkir.

A dialect of Turkish, spoken in Orenburg, Asiatic Russia.

⁂ The Baskir now speak Turkish, but there are many reasons for believing them to be of Ugrian descent. See Klaproth, A. P., and Müller, “Ugrische Volkstamm.” H. H. H.

Bashmuric.

A dialect of Coptic, formerly spoken at Bashmur, a province in the delta of the Nile; it was largely infused with Greek.

Basian.

A dialect of Turkish spoken in the Caucasus, almost identical with Nogay. See Klaproth, “Reise in den Kaukasus.” H. H. H.

Baspa or Bhaspa, see [Moghol].