Fingallian
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Fingallian was an extinct Anglic language variety once spoken in the Fingal region of Ireland, showing strong influence from both Old and Middle English as well as Irish.
Aliases (1)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglic language
→
dialect → extinct language → |
| causeOfExtinction |
language shift to mainstream English
→
socioeconomic pressure favoring standard English → |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Middle English
→
Yola language → |
| country |
Ireland
→
|
| documentedIn |
early modern literary sources
→
local glossaries and wordlists → |
| ethnicGroup |
Old English settlers in Ireland
→
|
| extinction |
18th century
→
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Fingal dialect
→
Fingallian dialect → |
| hasLanguageCode |
none
→
|
| hasLinguisticFeature |
Irish-influenced syntax
→
distinctive local lexicon specific to Fingal region → strong retention of archaic Middle English vocabulary → substrate influence from Irish phonology → |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
Irish-influenced prosody and stress patterns
→
|
| hasSociolinguisticStatus |
minority vernacular
→
rural dialect → |
| hasType |
relic dialect
→
|
| influencedBy |
Irish language
→
Middle English → Old English → |
| languageContactWith |
Irish-speaking population of Fingal
→
|
| languageFamily |
Anglic languages
→
Germanic languages → Indo-European languages → West Germanic languages → |
| namedAfter |
Fingal
→
|
| partOf |
history of English in Ireland
→
linguistic history of Ireland → |
| region |
County Dublin
→
Fingal → |
| replacedBy |
Hiberno-English
→
|
| spokenIn |
early modern Ireland
→
medieval Ireland → |
| status |
extinct
→
|
| studiedIn |
contact linguistics
→
historical linguistics of English → |
| subclassOf |
English-based contact language
→
Middle English dialect → |
| timePeriod |
early modern period
→
late medieval period → |
| useContext |
rural communities in Fingal
→
|
| writingSystem |
Latin script
→
|
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Yola language
("Fingallian language")
→
|
closelyRelatedTo |
|
Old English
→
|
isAncestorOf |