Birmingham English

GPTKB entity

Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dialect
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Brummie
gptkbp:associatedWith Brummie accent
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:distinctiveFeature non-rhoticity
unique intonation
vowel shifts
use of 'yow' for 'you'
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Birmingham English
gptkbp:ISO639-3 eng
gptkbp:languageFamily English
gptkbp:lexicalItem bab (term of endearment)
our kid (sibling or close friend)
ta-ra (goodbye)
gptkbp:linguisticFeature monophthongization of diphthongs
flattened vowels
gptkbp:mediaType often used in British television and film
gptkbp:notableSpeaker gptkb:Jasper_Carrott
gptkb:Julie_Walters
Ozzy Osbourne
gptkbp:perceivedAs sometimes stigmatized
distinct from Received Pronunciation
gptkbp:region gptkb:England
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:West_Midlands_English
Black Country dialect
gptkbp:socialMedia BBC Voices
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Birmingham
gptkb:West_Midlands
gptkbp:stereotype working-class identity
gptkbp:studiedBy sociolinguists
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Alabama_English
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6