Berber.
A language spoken in many parts of N. Africa by supposed descendants of the ancient Lybians and Mauritanians; it somewhat resembles Coptic in construction, with an African vocabulary. The word Berber is a form of οἰ βάρβαροι, “people whose speech is not intelligible; gibberish.”
⁂ More properly a name given by the Arabs and Europeans to several widely spread languages of N. Africa. “Dict. Français-Berbère,” Paris, 1844. F. W. N. See [Libyan].
Berberini.
A language spoken on the Upper Nile, which has no relation to the Berber, properly so called. F. W. N.
Beresov.
The Ostiaks of Beresov speak a dialect of Ostiack. See Klaproth, “Asia P.” H. H. H.
Bergamasco.
A provincial dialect of Italian.