Irish English

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Irish English is the set of distinctive varieties of the English language spoken in Ireland, characterized by unique pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammatical features influenced by Irish (Gaeilge) and the country’s history.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Irish English canonical 15
Hiberno-English 13
Ulster English 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect continuum
variety of English
basedOn English language
coexistsWith Irish language
developedFrom contact between English and Irish speakers
hasGrammaticalFeature use of "ye" or "yous" as second person plural pronoun
use of after-perfect (e.g. "I’m after eating")
use of definite article in additional contexts (e.g. "the messages" for shopping)
use of habitual aspect with "do be" (e.g. "He does be working")
use of progressive with stative verbs (e.g. "I’m knowing him well")
hasHistoricalOrigin English colonization of Ireland
hasLexicalFeature use of "bold" meaning "naughty"
use of "craic" meaning "fun" or "enjoyment"
use of "give out" meaning "scold" or "complain"
use of "grand" meaning "fine" or "okay"
use of "like" as frequent discourse particle
use of "press" meaning "cupboard"
use of "shift" meaning "kiss" in youth slang
use of "so" as sentence-final particle
use of "sure" as discourse marker
use of "yoke" meaning "thing" or "object"
hasPhonologicalFeature clear /l/ in most positions
distinctive intonation patterns
merger of certain vowel phonemes in some regions
rhoticity
slit-t fricative realization of /t/
hasResearchField contact linguistics
dialectology
sociolinguistics
hasVariety Dublin English
linked to: Irish English

Hiberno-English
linked to: Irish English

Mid-Ulster English
linked to: Irish English

Rural Irish English
Southern Irish English
linked to: Irish English

Ulster English
linked to: Irish English
influencedBy American English
British English
Hiberno-English substrate
Irish language
languageFamily Indo-European languages
regionallyVaried yes
spokenIn Ireland
Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
linked to: Ireland
subfamily Anglic languages
Germanic languages
West Germanic languages
linked to: Germanic languages
usedBy majority of population of Ireland
writingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

English hasMajorVariety Irish English
Norman usedInLanguage Irish English
Irish American languageUsed Hiberno-English
linked to: Irish English
Irish English hasVariety Hiberno-English
linked to: Irish English
Irish English hasVariety Dublin English
linked to: Irish English
Irish English hasVariety Ulster English
linked to: Irish English
Irish English hasVariety Southern Irish English
linked to: Irish English
Irish English hasVariety Mid-Ulster English
linked to: Irish English
British Isles English hasVariant Hiberno-English
linked to: Irish English
Kilpatrick usedInLanguage Irish English
subject linked to: Kilpatrick (surname)
Australian English influencedBy Irish English
Goidelic influenced Hiberno-English
linked to: Irish English
Yola language influencedBy Hiberno-English
linked to: Irish English
Fingallian replacedBy Hiberno-English
linked to: Irish English
Nancy usedInLanguage Irish English
Jamaican Patois influencedByLanguage Irish English
Rodgers hasLanguageOfOrigin Hiberno-English
linked to: Irish English
Newfoundland English influencedBy Irish English
Maritime English influencedBy Irish English
Irish Catholics historicalLanguage Hiberno-English
linked to: Irish English
Gambon usedInLanguage Irish English
Insular Celtic languages influenced Hiberno-English
linked to: Irish English
Anglo-Irish language Hiberno-English
linked to: Irish English
Yola sharesFeatureWith Hiberno-English
linked to: Irish English
Modern English hasVariety Irish English
Gerald languageOfUse Irish English
Pitkern hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Irish English
The Playboy of the Western World languageVariant Hiberno-English
linked to: Irish English
Scots-Irish English hasAncestor Ulster English
linked to: Irish English
Scots-Irish English closelyRelatedTo Hiberno-English
linked to: Irish English
Boston English influencedBy Irish English