Berkshire.
A few remarks on this dialect occur in Nichol’s “Bibliotheca Typographica Britannica,” 4to, 1783, vol. iv., p. 44; see also T. Hughes’s “Scouring of the White Horse.” W. W. S.
Bethuck.
The native dialect of Newfoundland; it is allied to Algonquin.
Betoi.
American dialect of New Grenada, on the eastern slope of the Andes. Sub-dialects are the Airico, Ele, Girari, and Situfa.
Bhasa.
Native word for speech or language, used both in combination and composition. 1. In Bhasa-krama, the ceremonial language of Java, and in the Bahasa-tanah of Amboyna, it precedes; 2. In Brij-bhasa, it follows the word. Compare Sanskrit, वाचा, vâchâ, “speech.” See [Amboyna].
Bhatui, or Bhatore.
A dialect of Tamul.