Scots-Irish English

E288120
dialect of English variety of English

Scots-Irish English is a variety of English historically spoken by Ulster Scots communities, whose distinctive phonology and vocabulary significantly shaped several regional dialects in North America.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Scotch-Irish English 1
Scots-Irish English canonical 1
Ulster Scots 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect of English ⓘ
variety of English ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Irish English ⓘ
surface form: Hiberno-English

Scottish English ⓘ
Ulster Scots language ⓘ
contributedTo formation of rural American English dialects ⓘ
lexical stock of Appalachian English ⓘ
prosody of Southern American English ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Scots-Irish English ⓘ
surface form: Scotch-Irish English

Ulster Scots-influenced English ⓘ
hasAncestor Early Modern English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
Irish English ⓘ
surface form: Ulster English
hasEthnicAssociation Scots-Irish American ⓘ
surface form: Scots-Irish Americans

Ulster Scots language ⓘ
surface form: Ulster Scots
hasFeature Scots-derived vocabulary ⓘ
distinctive vowel phonology ⓘ
monophthongization of /aɪ/ in some environments (in descendant dialects) ⓘ
retention of older English lexical items ⓘ
rhoticity ⓘ
use of a-prefixing in verb forms (in some descendant dialects) ⓘ
hasLanguageBranch Germanic languages ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
hasLanguageGroup Anglic languages ⓘ
hasLanguageSubbranch West Germanic languages ⓘ
hasRegion County Antrim ⓘ
County Down ⓘ
County Londonderry ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Ulster ⓘ
western Scotland (historical origin of speakers) ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticStatus historical variety ⓘ
regional dialect ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
historicalPeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
influenced American backwoods dialects ⓘ
Appalachian English ⓘ
Inland South American English ⓘ
Ozark English ⓘ
Southern American English ⓘ
frontier English in colonial America ⓘ
languageOf oral tradition of Ulster Scots communities ⓘ
spokenBy Ulster Scots communities ⓘ
usedInMigration Ulster Scots migration to North America ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Southern American English → influencedBy → Scots-Irish English ⓘ
Henry Joy McCracken → ethnicGroup → Scots-Irish English ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ulster Scots
Scots-Irish English → hasAlternativeName → Scots-Irish English ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scotch-Irish English