Forth and Bargy dialect (historical)

E493796

Middle English dialect dialect extinct language variety

The Forth and Bargy dialect was a now-extinct variety of Middle English once spoken in a small area of southern County Wexford, Ireland, notable for preserving archaic English features into the modern period.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bargy dialect	1
Forth and Bargy dialect	1
Forth and Bargy dialect (historical) canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Middle English dialect ⓘ dialect ⓘ extinct language variety ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Yola NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalRegion	Forth and Bargy baronies NERFINISHED ⓘ
declineCause	language shift to Hiberno-English ⓘ spread of Modern English in Ireland ⓘ
developedFrom	Middle English NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentedIn	19th-century linguistic descriptions ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Old English (Anglo-Norman) settlers of south Wexford ⓘ
extinction	19th century ⓘ
geographicScope	small area of southern County Wexford ⓘ
hasCategory	English dialects ⓘ Extinct Germanic languages ⓘ Languages of Ireland ⓘ Middle English NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasExampleText	recorded songs and proverbs from south Wexford ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature	archaisms not found in contemporary Modern English ⓘ conservative morphology ⓘ distinct phonology compared to Hiberno-English ⓘ distinct vocabulary compared to standard English ⓘ influence from Anglo-Norman superstratum ⓘ influence from Irish substratum ⓘ lexical items of Middle English origin ⓘ non-standard verb inflections ⓘ retention of some Middle English pronouns ⓘ
hasType	relic dialect ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Middle English NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Middle English of the Anglo-Norman settlers in Wexford ⓘ
languageFamily	Germanic languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages West Germanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	preservation of archaic English features ⓘ survival of Middle English features into the modern period ⓘ
partOf	English language NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	southern County Wexford ⓘ
spokenIn	County Wexford NERFINISHED ⓘ barony of Bargy NERFINISHED ⓘ barony of Forth ⓘ
status	extinct ⓘ
subfamily	Anglic languages ⓘ
timeDepth	medieval origin ⓘ
usedAlongside	Anglo-Norman French NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish language NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

County Wexford → hasTraditionalDialect → Forth and Bargy dialect (historical) ⓘ

Yola → hasDialect → Forth and Bargy dialect (historical) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bargy dialect

Yola → hasAlternativeName → Forth and Bargy dialect (historical) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Forth and Bargy dialect