Yorkshire dialect

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dialect
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Tyke
gptkbp:distinctiveFeature use of 'owt' and 'nowt'
use of 'thee' and 'thou'
dropping definite article 'the'
use of 'gi' for 'give'
gptkbp:hasDistinctiveVocabulary 'ginnel' (alleyway)
'bairn' (child)
'beck' (stream)
'brass' (money)
'laik' (play)
'lugs' (ears)
'mardy' (sulky)
'nithered' (cold)
'nowt' (nothing)
'owt' (anything)
gptkbp:hasDistinctPronunciation 'bath' pronounced with short 'a'
'bus' pronounced as 'buzz'
'home' pronounced as 'hoam'
'night' pronounced as 'neet'
'nothing' pronounced as 'nowt'
'right' pronounced as 'reet'
'town' pronounced as 'toon'
gptkbp:hasGrammar double negatives
use of 'thee' and 'thou'
dropping auxiliary verbs
use of 'us' for 'me'
use of 'were' for 'was'
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Yorkshire dialect
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Old_English
gptkb:Old_Norse
gptkbp:ISO639-3 yks
gptkbp:languageFamily English
gptkbp:linguisticFeature non-rhoticity
glottal stops
short 'u' sound
gptkbp:notableBook Yorkshire poetry
gptkbp:notableSpeaker gptkb:Alan_Bennett
gptkb:Ian_McMillan
gptkbp:preservedIn folk
local literature
gptkbp:region gptkb:Northern_England
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Geordie_dialect
gptkb:Lancashire_dialect
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Yorkshire
gptkbp:subdivision East Riding dialect
North Riding dialect
West Riding dialect
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Yorkshire_Television
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Yorkshire
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4