Alfuru dialect of N. Celebes or Macassar, allied to Bugis.
Burgundian.
The dialect of Burgundy, E. France. One of the four principal dialects of the old Langue d’oil; the others being the Picard, the Norman, and the French of the I. de France. W. W. S.
Buriat.
A Mongolian dialect of the Turanian family of languages, vernacular near Lake Baikal, in the province of Irkutsh, Eastern Siberia, Russia in Asia. Castrén: “Versuch einer Burjätischen Sprachlehre,” by Schiefner, 8vo, St. Petersburgh, 1857. See [Kalka]. ☞
Burmese.
A monosyllabic language, vernacular in the Burman Empire, S. Asia; originally conformable to Chinese, it has been modified by the fusion with Pali, a Buddhistic dialect of Sanskrit. See Crawfurd: “Embassy to Ava,” Vocaby. in Appendix, p. 35. Dictionaries: Hough (Maulmein, 1845); Judson (Rangoon, 1866).
Bushman.
A dialect of African, remotely related to the Hottentot; it is also called Saab.
Butan.