Yorkshire English

E288129

Northern English dialect dialect of English regional dialect

Yorkshire English is a group of distinctive English dialects spoken in the historic county of Yorkshire in northern England, known for characteristic vowel sounds, vocabulary, and intonation patterns.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Bradford English	1
East Riding dialect	1
Leeds English	1
North Riding dialect	1
Sheffield English	1
West Riding dialect	1
York English	1
Yorkshire English canonical	1
Yorkshire dialect	1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Northern English dialect ⓘ dialect of English ⓘ regional dialect ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
hasDialect	Yorkshire English self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bradford English Yorkshire English self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: East Riding dialect Hull ⓘ surface form: Hull English Yorkshire English self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Leeds English Yorkshire English self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: North Riding dialect Yorkshire English self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sheffield English Yorkshire English self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: West Riding dialect Yorkshire English self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: York English
hasFeature	H-dropping in some speakers ⓘ T-glottalling in some areas ⓘ distinctive intonation contour often perceived as sing-song ⓘ distinctive intonation patterns ⓘ distinctive pronunciation of FACE vowel ⓘ distinctive pronunciation of GOAT vowel ⓘ distinctive vocabulary ⓘ distinctive vowel sounds ⓘ levelling of past tense forms in some varieties ⓘ non-rhotic pronunciation ⓘ short /a/ in words like bath ⓘ use of definite article reduction in some areas ⓘ use of double negatives in some informal speech ⓘ use of monophthongs where Standard English has diphthongs ⓘ use of second person plural forms like you lot or yous in some areas ⓘ variable subject–verb agreement in some informal speech ⓘ
hasLexicalItem	bairn (for child in some areas) ⓘ beck (for stream) ⓘ breadcake (for bread roll in some areas) ⓘ claggy (sticky, muddy) ⓘ ey up (greeting) ⓘ ginnel ⓘ lad ⓘ laiking ⓘ lass ⓘ mardy ⓘ nither ⓘ nithered ⓘ nithering (very cold) ⓘ nowt ⓘ owt ⓘ reight (for right) ⓘ snicket ⓘ spice (for sweets in some areas) ⓘ summat ⓘ ta (for thank you) ⓘ teacake (for bread roll in some areas) ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticStatus	marker of regional identity ⓘ sometimes stereotyped in media representations ⓘ subject of dialect literature and poetry ⓘ
historicalInfluence	Old English ⓘ surface form: Northumbrian Old English Old English ⓘ Old Norse language ⓘ surface form: Old Norse
languageFamily	Germanic languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages West Germanic languages ⓘ
partOf	English language ⓘ
region	Northern England ⓘ surface form: North of England
register	primarily informal speech ⓘ
relatedTo	Geordie ⓘ Lancashire English ⓘ Liverpool ⓘ surface form: Scouse
spokenIn	Yorkshire ⓘ historic county of Yorkshire ⓘ northern England ⓘ
usedBy	inhabitants of Yorkshire ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

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Instruction

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Input

Subject: Yorkshire English
Description of subject: Yorkshire English is a group of distinctive English dialects spoken in the historic county of Yorkshire in northern England, known for characteristic vowel sounds, vocabulary, and intonation patterns.

Referenced by (9)

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

Geordie → contrastedWith → Yorkshire English ⓘ

Yorkshire → hasDialect → Yorkshire English ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yorkshire dialect