Lancashire dialect

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dialect
gptkbp:characteristic unique vocabulary
distinctive pronunciation
non-standard grammar
gptkbp:closelyRelatedTo gptkb:Cumbrian_dialect
gptkb:Yorkshire_dialect
gptkbp:distinctFrom gptkb:Cheshire_dialect
gptkb:Mancunian_dialect
gptkb:Scouse
gptkb:Standard_English
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:Benjamin_Brierley
gptkb:John_Collier_(Tim_Bobbin)
gptkb:Samuel_Laycock
gptkb:Edwin_Waugh
gptkbp:hasDictionary 'Eeh by gum!' (expression of surprise)
'How do?' (How are you?)
'Lad' (boy)
'Lass' (girl)
'Nowt' (nothing)
'Owt' (anything)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lancashire dialect
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Old_English
gptkb:Celtic_languages
gptkb:Old_Norse
gptkbp:ISO639-3 nan
gptkbp:languageFamily English
gptkbp:linguisticFeature 'fettle' (condition or to fix)
'ginnel' (alleyway)
'gradely' (good)
'mither' (to bother)
'reet' (right)
flattened vowels
preserved 'r' sounds
short 'a' vowel
gptkbp:notableFeature rhotic accent
use of 'owt' and 'nowt'
use of 'thee' and 'thou'
gptkbp:preservedIn dialect literature
local societies
gptkbp:region gptkb:North_West_England
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Northern_English_dialects
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Lancashire
gptkbp:status declining
gptkbp:subdivision gptkb:East_Lancashire_dialect
gptkb:North_Lancashire_dialect
gptkb:South_Lancashire_dialect
gptkb:West_Lancashire_dialect
gptkbp:usedBy rural communities
mill workers
working class communities
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:literature
gptkb:oral_tradition
folk
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lancashire
gptkb:Yorkshire_dialect
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5