Fingalian
Sign in to saveFingallian or the Fingal dialect is an extinct dialect of Middle English formerly spoken in Fingal, Ireland. It is thought to have been an offshoot of Middle English, which was brought to Ireland during the Norman invasion, Although little is known of Fingallian, it is thought to have been similar to the Yola dialect of County Wexford.
Key facts
- Language.name
- Fingallian
- Language.states
- Ireland
- Language.region
- Fingal
- Language.era
- attested from 17th century
- Language.familycolor
- Indo-European
- Language.fam2
- Germanic
- Language.fam3
- West Germanic
- Language.fam4
- North Sea Germanic
- Language.fam5
- Anglo-Frisian
- Language.fam6
- Anglic
- Language.fam7
- Old West Saxon
- Language.ancestor
- Proto-Indo-European
- Language.ancestor2
- Proto-Germanic
- Language.ancestor3
- Proto-West Germanic
- Language.ancestor4
- Proto-English
- Language.ancestor5
- West Saxon dialect
- Language.ancestor6
- Middle English
- Language.iso3
- none
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Origins
- ''The Fingallian Dance''
- ''Purgatorium Hibernicum''
- ''Letters from Ireland''
- Modern Fingal English
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Fingallian or the Fingal dialect is an extinct dialect of Middle English formerly spoken in Fingal, Ireland. It is thought to have been an offshoot of Middle English, which was brought to Ireland during the Norman invasion, Although little is known of Fingallian, it is thought to have been similar to the Yola dialect of County Wexford.
The surviving literature of Fingallian consists of two satirical or humorous poems, the short "Fingallian Dance" and the much longer Purgatorium Hibernicum. Both poems are anonymous and are thought to be humorous parodies of Fingallian.