Ulster Irish

E44500

dialect variety of the Irish language

Ulster Irish is the northern dialect of the Irish language, traditionally spoken in the province of Ulster and noted for its distinctive pronunciation and vocabulary.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Ulster Irish canonical	10
Donegal Irish	1
Letterkenny Irish	1
Ulster Gaelic (Irish)	1
Ulster Irish phonology	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dialect ⓘ variety of the Irish language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Manx ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
country	Ireland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Gaeilge Uladh ⓘ Ulster Irish ⓘ surface form: Ulster Gaelic (Irish)
hasGrammaticalFeature	distinctive prepositional pronouns ⓘ use of synthetic verb forms in some persons ⓘ
hasLexicalFeature	distinctive vocabulary ⓘ
hasNotableFeature	influence on local English dialects in Ulster ⓘ retention of some archaic Irish forms ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	distinctive pronunciation compared to Connacht Irish ⓘ distinctive pronunciation compared to Munster Irish ⓘ
hasResource	audio recordings of native speakers ⓘ descriptive grammars ⓘ dialect dictionaries ⓘ
hasStandardReference	An Caighdeán Oifigiúil ⓘ surface form: Caighdeán Oifigiúil (for spelling conventions)
hasWritingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script
influencedBy	Middle Irish ⓘ Old Irish ⓘ
languageBranch	Celtic languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
languageOf	Ulster ⓘ
languageSubbranch	Goidelic ⓘ surface form: Goidelic languages
partOf	Gaeltacht dialect continuum ⓘ
sharesIsoglossesWith	Scottish Gaelic ⓘ surface form: Scottish Gaelic of Islay and Kintyre
spokenIn	County Antrim ⓘ County Londonderry ⓘ surface form: County Derry County Donegal ⓘ County Tyrone ⓘ Gaeltacht of Cloich Cheann Fhaola ⓘ Gaeltacht of Cloich Cheann Fhaola ⓘ surface form: Gaeltacht of Gaoth Dobhair Donegal Gaeltacht ⓘ surface form: Gaeltacht of Rann na Feirste Donegal Gaeltacht ⓘ surface form: Gaeltacht of Teileann
status	endangered dialect ⓘ minority dialect ⓘ
subdivisionOf	Irish language ⓘ
taughtAt	Gaeltacht summer colleges in Donegal ⓘ University of Ulster (Irish language courses including Ulster variety) ⓘ
traditionalRegion	province of Ulster ⓘ
usedBy	Irish language revival groups in Ulster ⓘ Irish-speaking communities in Donegal ⓘ
usedIn	Irish-medium education in parts of Ulster ⓘ modern Irish-language media in Ulster ⓘ traditional oral literature of Ulster ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Modern Irish → hasDialect → Ulster Irish ⓘ

Derek Nurse → team → Ulster Irish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Letterkenny Irish

Irish language → hasDialects → Ulster Irish ⓘ

Gaeltacht regions of Ireland → languageVarieties → Ulster Irish ⓘ

An Caighdeán Oifigiúil → basedOn → Ulster Irish ⓘ

Ulster Irish → hasAlternativeName → Ulster Irish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ulster Gaelic (Irish)

Munster Irish → isMutuallyIntelligibleWith → Ulster Irish ⓘ

Connacht Irish → isMutuallyIntelligibleWith → Ulster Irish ⓘ

Gaeilge Uladh → hasAlternativeName → Ulster Irish ⓘ

Gaeltacht of Cloich Cheann Fhaola → languageVariety → Ulster Irish ⓘ

Gaeltacht of Cloich Cheann Fhaola → culturalRegionOf → Ulster Irish ⓘ

Donegal Gaeltacht → languageVariety → Ulster Irish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Donegal Irish

Donegal Gaeltacht → languageFamily → Ulster Irish ⓘ

Donegal Gaeltacht → dialectFeature → Ulster Irish ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ulster Irish phonology