Munster Irish

E145001

Munster Irish is a traditional southern dialect of the Irish language known for its distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammatical features preserved in counties like Kerry, Cork, and Waterford.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Munster Irish canonical 9
Kerry Irish dialect 1
Waterford Irish dialect 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Celtic language variety
dialect
variety of the Irish language
hasAlternativeName Gaeilge na Mumhan
Southern Irish dialect
hasDialectRegion Cape Clear Island
Dingle Peninsula
Muskerry
Ring, County Waterford, Ireland
surface form: Ring, County Waterford

West Kerry
hasFeature broad and slender consonant contrast
conservative grammatical features
distinct interrogative particle usage
distinct negative particle usage
distinct second person plural pronoun "sibh" forms
distinctive grammar
distinctive pronunciation
distinctive vocabulary
regional lexical items not common in other dialects
stress often on penultimate syllable
traditional phonology
use of synthetic verb forms
hasLanguageBranch Goidelic
surface form: Goidelic languages
hasLanguageFamily Celtic languages
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
hasMorphologicalFeature distinct plural noun endings
synthetic present tense verb endings
hasPhonologicalFeature diphthongization of certain vowels
length distinction in vowels
hasStatus endangered dialect
minority dialect
hasSyntacticFeature VSO basic word order
use of preverbal particles
hasWritingSystem Latin script
influences Standard Irish pronunciation to some extent
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Connacht Irish
Ulster Irish
partOf Irish dialect continuum
spokenIn County Cork
County Kerry
County Waterford
Munster
Republic of Ireland
subdivisionOf Celtic languages
Goidelic
surface form: Goidelic languages

Irish language
usedIn local storytelling traditions
sean-nós singing traditions
traditional Irish songs

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Irish language hasDialects Munster Irish
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil basedOn Munster Irish
Munster containsDialectRegion Munster Irish
Ring Gaeltacht language Munster Irish
Gaeltacht of Waterford languageVariety Munster Irish
this entity surface form: Waterford Irish dialect
Gaeltacht of Kerry languageVariety Munster Irish
Gaeltacht of Kerry languageVariety Munster Irish
this entity surface form: Kerry Irish dialect
Múscraí Gaeltacht languageVariety Munster Irish