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Consonants

 * r is traditionally pronounced [ʁ(ʷ)] in traditional Northumberland and Tyneside speech, a feature known as the Northumbrian burr. Wearside dialect is archetypally non-rhotic, though the feature was previously found as far south as Durham City in the 18th century. Nowadays this sound is largely confined to older residents in rural Northumberland.
 * wh is traditionally realized as [ʍ] in rural Northumberland and Weardale, however, it is typically [w] in urban Northumbrian.
 * -gh is pronounced [f]. Northumbrian has lost final /x/. Scots /x/ typically corresponds to /f/ in Northumbrian cognates, compare Scots loch [lɔx] and cleuch/cleugh [kluːx] with Northumbrian lough [lɒf] and cleugh [kluːf]