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Thi Kingdom o Northumbria (Aud Inglish: Norþanhymbra Rīċe; Latin: Regnum Northanhymbrorum) wes an Anglo-Saxon Kingdom i what is noo Northren Ingland an Sooth-East Scitland. It wes formed wi the unification o twe auder Kingdoms, knawn as Bernicie an Deira, that wes divided aroond the river Tees.

Efter the Viking invasion ov Ingland, Northumbria sooth o the Tees wes tyen ower bi the Danes an becam an independent Anglo-Scandinavian Kingdom knawn as the Kingdom o York (Jórvík). The northrenmyest pairt o Northumbria, ayont the river Tweed, wes suin annexed bi Scotland follaïn the Battle o Carham. Bi the second hawf o the Middle Ages, aa that wes left o Northumbria wes the rump on’t atween the Tweed an Tees. Alang wiv its autonomous liberties sic as Durham an Tynedale, aa the lands atween the twe rivers wes consithered a single Yarldom bi the Anglo-Saxon Kings ov Ingland. The Yarldom wes lyeter formed intiv a royal coonty follaïn the Norman invasion.

Nooadays, Northumbria ne langer officially exists, but the coonty o Northumberland tyeks its nyem frev it. The nyem Northumbria hitsel is whiles used for the region atween the Tweed an Tees, centred aroond the twe historic coonties o Northumbeberland an Durham. Thi nyem is used biv organisations i the region, sic as Northumbria Univarsity, Northumbria Pollis, an Northumbrian Wetter.

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Northumbrian is a dialect ov Inglish spoken i Northumberland, Tyne an Wear an northren Durham. Thor’s aboot five dialects o Northumbrian:

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.

Thor's five dialects o Northumbrian:

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Northren is spocken frae north o thi river Coquet ti thi Scottish border. It is spocken i toons sic as Bamburgh, Ooler, an Berrick.

Westren is spocken i thi West o Northummerlan an neiborin pairts o Cumbrie an Coonty Durham. It is spocken i toons sic as Hexham, Hautwessel, an Alston.

Soothren is spocken i thi sooth o Northummerlan, tho it isna thi soothrenmyest dialect o Northumbrian hitsel. I minin toons sic as Ashington it is ken'd bi thi nyem Pitmatic.

Wearside mair offins knaan as Mackem i Sunnerlan, is thi soothrenmyest dialect o thi Northumbrian lenguiche. Hit is spocken i thi City o Sunnerlan i Tyne an Wear an i surroondin pairts o Coonty Durham an aa.

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