Irish English
E2046
Irish English is the set of distinctive varieties of the English language spoken in Ireland, characterized by unique pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammatical features influenced by Irish (Gaeilge) and the country’s history.
Aliases (5)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect continuum
→
variety of English → |
| basedOn |
English language
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| coexistsWith |
Irish language
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| developedFrom |
contact between English and Irish speakers
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| hasGrammaticalFeature |
use of "ye" or "yous" as second person plural pronoun
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use of after-perfect (e.g. "I’m after eating") → use of definite article in additional contexts (e.g. "the messages" for shopping) → use of habitual aspect with "do be" (e.g. "He does be working") → use of progressive with stative verbs (e.g. "I’m knowing him well") → |
| hasHistoricalOrigin |
English colonization of Ireland
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| hasLexicalFeature |
use of "bold" meaning "naughty"
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use of "craic" meaning "fun" or "enjoyment" → use of "give out" meaning "scold" or "complain" → use of "grand" meaning "fine" or "okay" → use of "like" as frequent discourse particle → use of "press" meaning "cupboard" → use of "shift" meaning "kiss" in youth slang → use of "so" as sentence-final particle → use of "sure" as discourse marker → use of "yoke" meaning "thing" or "object" → |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
clear /l/ in most positions
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distinctive intonation patterns → merger of certain vowel phonemes in some regions → rhoticity → slit-t fricative realization of /t/ → |
| hasResearchField |
contact linguistics
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dialectology → sociolinguistics → |
| hasVariety |
Dublin English
→
Hiberno-English → Mid-Ulster English → Rural Irish English → Southern Irish English → Ulster English → |
| influencedBy |
American English
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British English → Hiberno-English substrate → Irish language → |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European languages
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| regionallyVaried |
yes
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| spokenIn |
Ireland
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Northern Ireland → Republic of Ireland → |
| subfamily |
Anglic languages
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Germanic languages → West Germanic languages → |
| usedBy |
majority of population of Ireland
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| writingSystem |
Latin script
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|
Referenced by (21)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Irish English
("Hiberno-English")
→
Irish English ("Dublin English") → Irish English ("Ulster English") → Irish English ("Southern Irish English") → Irish English ("Mid-Ulster English") → |
hasVariety |
|
Australian English
→
Maritime English → Newfoundland English → Yola language ("Hiberno-English") → |
influencedBy |
|
Kilpatrick
→
Nancy → Norman → |
usedInLanguage |
|
Rodgers
("Hiberno-English")
→
|
hasLanguageOfOrigin |
|
English
→
|
hasMajorVariety |
|
British Isles English
("Hiberno-English")
→
|
hasVariant |
|
Irish Catholics
("Hiberno-English")
→
|
historicalLanguage |
|
Goidelic
("Hiberno-English")
→
|
influenced |
|
Jamaican Patois
→
|
influencedByLanguage |
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Irish American
("Hiberno-English")
→
|
languageUsed |
|
Fingallian
("Hiberno-English")
→
|
replacedBy |
|
Australasian English
→
|
sharesFeatureWith |