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Diego Martín Escuder

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Irish English

Historical context

IIrish Language

The Irish language, also known as Gaelic or Gaelige, is a Celtic language that has a rich and fascinating history. The origins of the Irish language can be traced back to the 4th century AD, when it evolved from a common Celtic language spoken by the ancient Celts who lived in Ireland.

Old Irish

Pangur Bán or “White Pangur” is an anonymous poem written in Old Irish around the 9th century by an Irish monk in praise of his white cat named Pangur (bán means ‘white’ in the Irish language).

Why do the Irish speak English?

English (pre)dominance

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The beginning of the story can be traced back to the Norman Invasion of the late 12th century. The Anglo-Normans arrived in Ireland, following a conflict between two regional Irish Kings, and began to establish territories. This led to Ireland falling under British rule for centuries.

While the Irish language still exists, with tens of thousands of people in the country able to speak it, the vast majority of Irish people use English. So why is this? When did English become the most used language in Ireland?

The Great Famine

occurred in Ireland in 1845–49 when the potato crop failed in successive years. The crop failures were caused by late blight, a disease that destroys both the leaves and the edible roots, or tubers, of the potato plant.

During the reign of Queen Victoria...

The Irish language...

...was mostly spoken by the working class and farmers who lived in the conutryside.

... Enslish was a Sybol of Status

The Great Famine...

Massive migrations...

...wiped out a large part of the lower clases people.

....ocurred from Ireland to USA due to the famine.

Irish Accent

Irish Accent features

The case of middle possition /t/
/t/

The /t/ sometimes is soft like GA and sometimes is drop as British English

Some Irish people would replace de /t/ suond by /ʃ/ /raɪt/ -> [raɪʃ]

Irish Accent features

Rhoticity

Irish English is strongly rhotic, with similar distributions of /r/ to U.S. English

Irish Accent features

The case of /θ, ð/

Dentalization [d̪, t̪]

Diphthong shift /aɪ/ is replaced by [ɔɪ]

Addition of a vowel sound

/fɪlm/ -> ['fɪləm]/daʊn/ -> [daʊən]

Irish's vowels

/ɑː/ -> [a]

/ʌ / -> /ɒ/

/kɑːm/ -> [kam] /pɑːm/ -> [pam]

/bʌs/ -> [bɒs] /lʌv/ -> [lɒv]

References

Web links

Best Music Compilation. (2015, 14 mayo). Instrumental Traditional Irish Music compilation [Vídeo]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MTkYRHqaQs

English Like A Native. (2022, 26 septiembre). Features of an Irish accent [Vídeo]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oebIlkcHAWg

ABAlphaBeta. (2019, 30 julio). Pangur Bán in old Irish [Vídeo]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhDQfzYwPHM

Thank you!

Diego Escuder

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