Geordie
Geordie ( ) is a demonym and vernacular dialect characterising Newcastle upon Tyne and the wider Tyneside area of North East England.
Key facts
- Language.name
- Geordie
- Language.altname
- Tyneside English, Newcastle English
- Language.states
- England
- Language.region
- Tyneside
- Language.familycolor
- Indo-European
- Language.fam2
- Germanic
- Language.fam3
- West Germanic
- Language.fam4
- North Sea Germanic
- Language.fam5
- Anglo-Frisian
- Language.fam6
- English
- Language.fam7
- Northern English
- Language.fam8
- Northumbrian dialect
- Language.ancestor
Article
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Geographical coverage
- People
- Dialect
- Etymology
- Linguistic surveys
- Phonology
- Consonants
- Vowels
- Vocabulary
- References
- Sources
- External links
Geordie ( ) is a demonym and vernacular dialect characterising Newcastle upon Tyne and the wider Tyneside area of North East England.
The vernacular, also known as Tyneside English or Newcastle English in linguistics, is one of the major dialects of northern England. It developed as a variety of the old Northumbrian dialect.