Middle English (East Midlands and Northern dialects dependant on Riding)
Dialects
Different varieties within the dialects, traditionally divided between the West Riding dialect (part of the Northeast Midlands group) on the one hand, and the North and East Riding dialects (of the Northern group) on the other.
Language codes
ISO 639-3
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Location of Yorkshire within England
Coordinates: 54°N2°W / 54°N 2°W / 54; -2
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An example of a male speaker from Leeds (Damien Hirst).
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An example of a male speaker from Bradford (David Hockney).
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An example of a male speaker from modern-day South Yorkshire (Lord John Prescott).
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Yorkshire dialect (also known as Broad Yorkshire, Tyke, Yorkie, or Yorkshire English) is a dialect of English, or a geographic grouping of several dialects, spoken in the Yorkshire region of Northern England.[1] The varieties have roots in Old English and are influenced to a greater extent by Old Norse than Standard English is. Yorkshire experienced drastic dialect levelling in the 20th century, eroding many traditional features, though variation and even innovations persist, at both the regional and sub-regional levels.[2][3] Organisations such as the Yorkshire Dialect Society and the East Riding Dialect Society exist to promote the survival of the more traditional features.[4]
The dialects have been represented in classic works of literature such as Wuthering Heights, Nicholas Nickleby and The Secret Garden, and linguists have documented variations of the dialects since the 19th century. In the mid-20th century, the Survey of English Dialects collected dozens of recordings of authentic Yorkshire dialects.
^Keane, Peter. "Tyke: It's all the Vikings' fault (sort of)". BBC Bradford and West Yorkshire. BBC. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
^Haigh, Sarah (2015). "Investigating Regional Speech in Yorkshire: Evidence from the Millennium Memory Bank" Doctoral dissertation. University of Sheffield, 159, 171.
^Strycharczuk, Patrycja et al. (2020). "General Northern English. Exploring regional variation in the North of England with machine learning". Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 3, 545883.
^Beal, Joan (2010). "Shifting Borders and Shifting Regional Identities". Language and Identities. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 220. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748635788-023.
as the YorkshireDialect Society and the East Riding Dialect Society exist to promote the survival of the more traditional features. The dialects have been...
general culture of Yorkshire, including its history and dialect. Its name is used by several institutions, for example the Royal Yorkshire Regiment of the...
substantial amount of dialect, specifically Yorkshiredialect. Set in Haworth, the servant Joseph speaks in the traditional dialect of the area, which many...
dialect", The Times, 1 November 1962 "Dialect survey needs cash", The Times, 17 September 1969 "Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire - Survey of English Dialects...
existed in the area. Well-known accents and dialects in the United Kingdom are Cockney, Welsh English, Yorkshire, Scouse and Scottish English; in modern Britain...
Despite the decline of many traditional and distinctive features of the Yorkshiredialect, its accent is widely perceived by fellow British English speakers...
definite article the in Northern dialects of England English, for example in Yorkshiredialect. DAR is often represented by dialect spelling with an apostrophe:...
the linguistic drift of Yorkshiredialect is causing tha to fall into disuse; however, a measure of local pride in the dialect may be counteracting this...
"Reviews: A Grammar of the Dialect of the Bolton Area, Part 1, Introduction and Phonology". Transactions of the YorkshireDialect Society. XIX (XCVIII): 53–55...
ISBN 9788326446177. Aveyard, Edward (2022). "What is Dialect?". Transactions of the YorkshireDialect Society. 23 (122): 25–36. Cysouw, Michael; Good, Jeff...
time, was the basis of the distinct modern Yorkshiredialect. An example, in literature, of the Yorkshiredialect can be found in Emily Brontë's Wuthering...
The Yorkshiredialect that Joseph speaks was the subject of a 1970 book by the linguist K.M. Petyt, who argued that Emily Brontë recorded the dialect of...
Gordon, E, V (1923). "Scandinavian Influence in YorkshireDialects". Transactions of the YorkshireDialect Society. 4: 5–22.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint:...
Yorkshiredialect. Final unstressed /i/ is a tense [i] rather than a lax [ɪ]. This mirrors other North Eastern dialects and contrasts with Yorkshire English...
Sample". Transactions of the YorkshireDialect Society: 1–5. "Golcar, Yorkshire - Survey of English Dialects - Accents and dialects | British Library - Sounds"...
Warwickshire). It was also related to the verb to larrack in the Yorkshiredialect, meaning 'to lark about'. While larrikin eventually fell into disuse...
Cambridgeshire), and south of another separating it from Northern English dialects (e.g. Yorkshire). This includes the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire...
Many Yorkshiredialect words and aspects of pronunciation derive from old Norse due to the Viking influence in this region. The name "Yorkshire", first...
Knave by Barry Hines. The film was well received, although the use of Yorkshiredialect throughout the film restricted its distribution, with some American...
culture of Edinburgh published in the same year. Glossaries of the dialects of Yorkshire (1878), Cheshire (1886), and Northumberland (1892) equate crack...
) This is not used in English except in the Yorkshiredialect, where there is a process known as Yorkshire assimilation. For instance: water [wɒtɜ, ˈwatɜ...
A scuffler is a word in Yorkshiredialect originating from the Castleford area meaning a large bread cake. This bread is always baked in rounds, and scored...
regions, several local dialects exist: within the Northern region, there is a division between the Yorkshiredialects, the Geordie dialect (spoken around Newcastle...
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