Yola language
E21037
The Yola language was an extinct West Germanic language once spoken in County Wexford, Ireland, that preserved many archaic features derived from early English settlers.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglic language
ⓘ
West Germanic language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Anglo-Frisian dialects
ⓘ
surface form:
Forth and Bargy dialect
Yola ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Fingallian
ⓘ
surface form:
Fingallian language
Middle English dialects of south-west England ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Early Modern English
ⓘ
Middle English ⓘ |
| developedFrom | speech of English settlers arriving after the Norman invasion of Ireland ⓘ |
| documentedBy | Jacob Poole ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
18th-century texts
ⓘ
19th-century texts ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Anglo-Norman settlers in Ireland
ⓘ
Old English settlers in Ireland ⓘ |
| extinctIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| glottologCode | yola1234 ⓘ |
| hasAncestralLanguage | Old English ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
conservative phonology
ⓘ
loanwords from Irish ⓘ loanwords from Norman French ⓘ many archaic English vocabulary items ⓘ retention of Middle English grammatical features ⓘ strong influence from south-western English dialects ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | distinct second person plural pronouns ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | retention of long vowels similar to Middle English ⓘ |
| hasWork | A Glossary with some pieces of verse of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy in the County of Wexford ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Early modern period
ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Irish English
ⓘ
surface form:
Hiberno-English
Irish language ⓘ Anglo-Norman ⓘ
surface form:
Norman French
|
| isoException | dialect ⓘ |
| languageEndangermentStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Germanic languages
ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ West Germanic languages ⓘ |
| lastKnownSpeakersDate | late 19th century ⓘ |
| nameEtymologyLanguage | English dialect of Wexford ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | old ⓘ |
| primaryArea | baronies of Forth and Bargy ⓘ |
| region | County Wexford ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
County Wexford
ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Germanic language
ⓘ
Indo-European language ⓘ |
| usedIn | rural communities of south County Wexford ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.