Newfoundland English
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Newfoundland English is a distinctive regional variety of English spoken in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, known for its unique vocabulary, pronunciation, and strong Irish and West Country English influences.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St. John’s English | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect of English
ⓘ
regional variety of English ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Newfoundland culture
ⓘ
Newfoundland identity ⓘ fishing communities in Newfoundland ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
British English
ⓘ
Irish English varieties of the 18th and 19th centuries ⓘ West Country English ⓘ
surface form:
West Country English dialects
|
| documentedIn | Dictionary of Newfoundland English ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
dialectology
ⓘ
sociolinguistics ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
distinctive pronunciation
ⓘ
distinctive regional vocabulary ⓘ distinctive syntax ⓘ distinctive vowel pronunciations ⓘ retention of archaic English forms ⓘ strong Irish English influence ⓘ strong West Country English influence ⓘ use of local idioms ⓘ variable rhoticity ⓘ |
| hasLexicalFeature |
many words of Irish origin
ⓘ
many words of West Country English origin ⓘ regionally distinctive terms for weather and seafaring ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
distinctive intonation patterns
ⓘ
monophthongization of certain diphthongs ⓘ |
| hasSubvariety |
Labrador English
ⓘ
Newfoundland English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
St. John’s English
outport Newfoundland English ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
non-standard verb agreement in some varieties
ⓘ
use of unique discourse markers ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Irish English
ⓘ
Scottish English ⓘ West Country English ⓘ maritime dialects of English ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Germanic languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Indo-European languages ⓘ |
| languageSubbranch | West Germanic languages ⓘ |
| partOf | English language ⓘ |
| region |
Atlantic Canada
ⓘ
Eastern Canada ⓘ
surface form:
eastern Canada
|
| spokenIn |
Labrador
ⓘ
island of Newfoundland ⓘ
surface form:
Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ |
| timePeriod | developed mainly in the 18th and 19th centuries ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Newfoundlander
ⓘ
surface form:
Newfoundlanders
residents of Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
St. John’s English