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Northern English is a group of dialects of the English language. It includes Northumbrian, which is more similar in some respects to Scots. Among the other dialects are Cumbrian, Tyke (Yorkshire dialect) and Scouse. Northern English shows Viking influence because the area was all north of the Danelaw. Norwegian has had a greater impact on most northern dialects than Danish, but the East Riding of Yorkshire has been influenced more by Danish. There are also Irish influences on accents at Liverpool, Birkenhead and Middlesbrough. Northern English is one of the major groupings of British English, which also goes for East Anglian English, Midlands English and Southern English.

Northern English contains: In some areas, it can be noticed that dialects and phrases can vary greatly within regions too. For example, the Lancashire dialect has many sub-dialects and varies noticeably from town to town. Even within as little as 5 miles there can be an identifiable change in accent. The Yorkshire Dialect Society has always separated West Riding dialect from that in the North and East ridings.

References

Further reading

  • Katie Wales (2006). Northern English: A Social and Cultural History. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521861071. 

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Northumbria (sometimes spelled Northhumbria) is primarily the name of both a medieval petty kingdom of Angles in what is now north east England and southern Scotland and of the earldom which succeeded it when England became a united Anglo-Saxon kingdom.
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Scots refers to the Anglic varieties derived from early northern Middle English spoken in parts of Scotland. In Scotland it is sometimes called Lowland Scots or its contraction Lallans
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The Danelaw, in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles also known as the Danelagh, (Old English: Dena lagu; Danish: Danelagen), is a name given to a part of the British Isles, now northern and eastern England, in which the laws of the Danes held predominance over
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British English (BrE, BE, en-GB) is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere in the Anglophone world.
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East Anglian English is a dialect of English spoken in East Anglia. This easternmost area of England was probably home to the first-ever form of language which can be called English.
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Midlands English refers to a number of distinct dialects spoken in the English Midlands. It can refer to
  • East Midlands English
  • West Midlands English


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The Southern English dialects are those dialects of English English spoken in southern England.
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Newcastle upon Tyne

The Tyne Bridge

Population 259,536
OS grid reference NZ249645
Metropolitan borough Newcastle City Council
Metropolitan county Tyne and Wear
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Tyneside is a conurbation in northern England, which is home to over 80% of the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. It includes Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Jarrow, North Shields, and South Shields — all settlements on the banks of the River Tyne.
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Lancashire Dialect and Accent refers to the vernacular speech in the historic county of Lancashire. Simon Elmes' book Talking for Britain said that Lancashire dialect is now much less common than it once was, but it is not yet extinct.
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Mackem is a term that refers to the dialect and people of the Wearside area, or more specifically Sunderland, a city in North East England. Alternative spellings include "Makem", "Maccam", and "Mak'em".
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Sunderland

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Wearside is a unrecognised conurbation in north east England, centred on Sunderland, also going around County Durham and Seaham The people of Wearside sometimes refer to themselves as "Mackems".
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Pitmatic (originally "pitmatical") is a dialect of English used in the counties of Northumberland and Durham in England. It developed as a separate dialect from Northumbrian and Geordie due to the specialised terms used by mineworkers in the local coal pits.
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County Durham

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Status Ceremonial and (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Origin Historic
Region North East England
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Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. The non-metropolitan county of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west, County Durham to the south and Tyne and Wear to the south east, as well as having a border with the Scottish Borders council area to the north, and
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Scouse is the accent and dialect of English found in the north-western English city of Liverpool and in some adjoining urban areas of Merseyside. The Scouse accent is highly distinctive and sounds wholly different from the accents used in the neighbouring regions of Cheshire and
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City of Liverpool
Liverpool skyline, as seen from across the River Mersey

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Sovereign state United Kingdom
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North Wales (known in some archaic texts as Northgalis) is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales and to the east by England.
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Yorkshire dialect refers to the varieties of English used in the northern English county of Yorkshire. In some areas of Yorkshire, these varieties refer to themselves as Broad Yorkshire or Tyke.
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Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England, and the largest historic county in Great Britain. Although Yorkshire is a historic county, with no current official standing (except as part of the name of the English region of Yorkshire and the Humber), the name is
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The Northern Subject Rule is a grammatical pattern inherited from Northern Middle English. Present tense verbs may take the verbal ‑s suffix, except when they are directly adjacent to one of the personal pronouns I, you, we, or they
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This is a list of varieties of the English language. Dialects are varieties differing in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar from each other and from Standard English (which may itself be considered a dialect).
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Official language of: 53 countries
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Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. Physically and geologically, Europe is the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, west of Asia. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea,
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British English (BrE, BE, en-GB) is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere in the Anglophone world.
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Received Pronunciation (RP) is a form of pronunciation of the English language which has been long perceived as uniquely prestigious amongst British accents.

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The term cockney is often used to refer to working-class people of London, particularly east London, and the slang used by these people. It is also often used in reference to the "cockney accent.
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