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Mid-Ulster English, also spelled Mid Ulster English, (Ulster Scots: Mid-Ulstèr Inglis, Irish: Béarla Lár Uladh), also called Standard Northern Irish,[1]Ulster Scots: Staundart Norlin Airish, Irish: Éireannach Tuaisceartach Caighdeánach) often abbreviated to MUE, is a subdialect of Ulster English. It is spoken in some parts of Northern Ireland and Donegal.[2] The term Mid-Ulster English sometimes means English in Northern Ireland not derived from Scots.[3] Despite its name, Mid-Ulster English is spoken in most parts of Ulster. It is spoken in every county in Northern Ireland plus County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland.
Classification
Mid-Ulster English is a dialect of Ulster English and is closely related to Ulster Scots English. South Ulster English is another dialect related to MUE, which is a transitional dialect between Southern Hiberno-English and MUE.
As the central dialect spread around with immigration, it eventually expanded to most of the Ulster region.[9] Because of this expansion, Mid-Ulster English started to be claimed as the standard Ulster dialect.[8] This approximately went from the east of County Down, of Northern Ireland, all the way towards western County Donegal, of the Republic of Ireland.
Modern day
The local rural Belfast and Derry dialects come from this dialect. The most spoken dialect in the Ulster region, the expansion helped it to get more speakers. Groups like the Mid Ulster English Society were founded to protect and promote the dialect. Warren Maguire, a senior lecturer in the English language, has studied the dialect, specifically his local Southwest Tyrone dialect.[10]
Phonology
The sounds of Mid-Ulster English are known to sound like a combination of Hiberno-English and Ulster Scots English.[11] As such, many features in Mid-Ulster English are combined, having influences from both varieties.[12] Its phonology is a bit different to other English dialects in the isles.[13] The phonology of Mid-Ulster English is shown to have many features from other languages, with various different vowels and other features absent in different varieties of English.[14] The symbols below are those of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
Consonants
Rhoticity is present in the Mid-Ulster dialect, like in other Ulster dialects.[2]
Mid-Ulster has g-dropping, which means the gerund or present participle -ing, pronounced /ɪŋ/ in verbs such as running is pronounced /ɪn/.
The dialect also has lowering, which makes the speaker sound more low pitch.
The phoneme /x/ as in ach is mostly realised as the uvular /χ/ instead of the velar /x/. This sound is only used in loanwords and place names.
In between /ɑ/ or /ɛ/ after /k/ or /g/, a palatalised sound can be heard.[15]
The dialect has a which-witch distinction, meaning that phoneme wh would be pronounced /ʍ/ instead of /w/.
Before r or er, t and d would make interdental/t̪͆/ and /d̪͆/ sounds respectably, as in painter [pen.t̪͆əɹ].[16][17]
Medial -pp-, -ck-, and -tt- are pronounced voiced instead of voiceless.[17]
Vowels
Monophthongs of Mid-Ulster, from Maguire (2020).Diphthongs of Mid-Ulster
Maguire, Warren (2020-09-21). Language and Dialect Contact in Ireland: The Phonological Origins of Mid-Ulster English. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN978-1-4744-5293-9.
References
^Valpa, Ana (2020-04-23). "Ulster English". Medium. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
^ abTrudgill, Peter (1984-05-17). Language in the British Isles. CUP Archive. pp. 117–118. ISBN978-0-521-24057-4.
^Hickey, Raymond (2002-01-01). A Source Book for Irish English. John Benjamins Publishing. pp. 3–4. ISBN978-90-272-3753-8.
^Г, Ніколенко А. Лексикологія англійської мови – теорія і практика. [англ.].: Навчальний посібник для ВНЗ. Нова Книга. pp. 362–363. ISBN978-966-382-076-7.
^Trudgill, Peter (1984-05-17). Language in the British Isles. CUP Archive. pp. 129–130. ISBN978-0-521-24057-4.
^Hogg, Richard M.; Blake, Norman Francis; Burchfield, Robert; Lass, Roger; Romaine, Suzanne (1992). The Cambridge History of the English Language. Cambridge University Press. p. 174. ISBN978-0-521-26478-5.
Comment: This draft is a draft on a subtopic of an existing article, Ulster English. Discussion as to whether a separate article for the subtopic is warranted should be on the talk page of the parent article, Talk:Ulster English.Please discuss the suitability of creating a separate subtopic article on the talk page of the parent article. Please resubmit this draft if there is rough consensus at the parent talk page to create the child article, or with an explanation that the child draft satisfies either general notability on its own or a special notability guide. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:28, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
