Wp/nth/Northumbrian dialect

Northumbrian is a lenguiche in thi north east o Northumbrie. Thay taak it i Northummerlan, Tyne an Wear an Durham. Thor's five dialecks o Northumbrian: Tyneside, Northren, Westren, Soothren or Pitmatic, an Wearside.

= History =

Historians for lenguiches ken fower dialecks o Aad Inglish: Northumbrian, Mercia, Kent, an West Saxon. Aad Northumbrian (Aad Inglish: Norðanhymbrisċ) wis spokken i thi Kingdom o Northumbrie (frae thi Humber on thi east coast o Northren Inglann ti thi Firth o Forth i thi Scots Laalanns). Thi modren Scots, Northumbrian, Cumbrian, an North Yorkshire tungs aa cam frev it.

Writin i thi 19th century, Inglish phonetian Alexender John Ellis recognised Northumbrian as separate frae byeth Scots an ither Northren Inglish lenguiche varieties sic as Cumbrian. Iv Ellis' wark Northumbrian is knaan bi thi nyem "North Northren". Yen main featur that dyels Northumbrian frae thi tungs ti thi sooth an west is thi lack o thi reduced definite airticle that is funden i thi Cumbrian an Yorkshire tungs. Anither kenspeckle featur is thi Northumbrian burr, thi traditional pronunciation of /r/ as [ʁ(ʷ)], but nooadays this featur is funden aanly amang aader residents o rural Northummerlan.

= Northumbrian thi day= Northumbrian is aiblins thi myest kenspeckle regional tung iv Inglann thi day.

Thi Northumbrian tung is ken'd as a separate Anglic lenguiche variety ti Modren Standard Inglish bi thi Northumbrian Lenguiche Society acause thi tung wis kythed lang afore Standard Inglish. The society kens fower main byleids o Northumbrian: Geordie (Tyneside), Pitmatic or Soothren, Northren (frae the North o the River Coquet, throu Alnwick an up ti Berrick); an westren (frae Allendale throu Hexham an up ti Kielder). Thor's a muckle argie for includin thi dialecks of Sunnerlan an Durham an aa. Alexander John Ellis an thi Northumbrian Wards Projeck byeth recognises thi dialecks o thi laaer Wear as Northumbrian dialecks.

Thi Tyneside or Geordie dialeck is the myest weel-ken'd form o Northumbrian. Acause o this thi fowk, dialecks an accents o nearby Wearside (ken'd bi thi nyem 'Mackem') Tyneside (knaan as 'Smoggies') an ither pairts o thi North East is offins mistaen for Geordie bi fowk whee's nut frae those airts.

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