West Country dialects

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/West_Country_dialects

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	language family
gptkbp:distinctFrom	gptkb:Scots gptkb:East_Anglian_English gptkb:Scottish_English gptkb:Welsh_English gptkb:Scouse gptkb:Northern_English_dialects gptkb:Cockney gptkb:Estuary_English gptkb:Received_Pronunciation gptkb:Yorkshire_dialect gptkb:Irish_English gptkb:Midlands_English Mancunian Brummie Geordie Black Country dialect
gptkbp:feature	distinctive intonation rhoticity use of 'thee' and 'thou' distinctive vowel sounds use of 'z' for 's' use of 'bain't' for 'is not' use of 'be' as present tense use of 'ee' for 'he' or 'him' use of 'where be' for 'where is'
gptkbp:hasSubgroup	gptkb:Southwestern_English_dialects
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	West Country dialects
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Old_English gptkb:Cornish_language gptkb:West_Saxon_dialect
gptkbp:ISO639-3	nan
gptkbp:languageFamily	English
gptkbp:notableSpeaker	gptkb:The_Wurzels gptkb:Adge_Cutler
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Cornish_language gptkb:Somerset_dialect gptkb:Dorset_dialect gptkb:Bristolian_dialect gptkb:Devonian_dialect gptkb:Gloucestershire_dialect gptkb:Wiltshire_dialect
gptkbp:spokenIn	gptkb:Bristol gptkb:Cornwall gptkb:Devon gptkb:Gloucestershire gptkb:Somerset gptkb:South_West_England gptkb:Dorset gptkb:Wiltshire
gptkbp:status	gptkb:local_government
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Devonshire_dialect
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6