Fingallian | |
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Fingallian | |
Native tae | Ireland |
Region | Fingal |
Extinct | Mid-19t yeirhunner |
Early forms | |
Leid codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Nane (mis ) |
Glottolog | east2834 [1]fing1234 [2] |
Fingallian, alsae kent as the Fingal dialeck, is a extinct Anglic leid that wis spoak in Fingal, Ireland.[3] It is fae the Middle Inglis spoak in Ireland durin the Norman invasion o Ireland. Wee is kent anent Fingallian, tho it wis seemlar til the Yola leid o the sooth-eastren Coonty Wexford.[4]
The surviving literature o Fingallian conseists o twa poems, the "Fingallian Dance" an the Purgatorium Hibernicum. Baith poems hae nae kent awner(s) an maist likely parodies o Fingallian bi na-hamlet spikkers.
Fingallian wud be brung til Ireland durin the Anglo-Norman invasion o Ireland an wis a dialect o Middle Inglis at the tim. It apparently haed a Norse influence, that turnit oot til be fake.[5] It haed Norman influences as it is fae Middle Inglis. The dialect wis stairtit til be spoak in 12t yeirhunner, maist likely 1170s durin the invasion.
Fingallian wud hae influences fae leids in the area, siclik Erse. It wis documentit durin the late 1680s and early 1690s wi the poems "the Fingallian dance" and Purgatorium Hibernicum. It wis gey deeferent fae ither Inglis dialects in the area. It stairted til be deeferent to the Forth and Bargy dialect o Wexford.
Whan Early Modren Inglis wis brung til the isle, the twa leids stairtit tae hae less spikkers. This wud end up makin the twa leids extinct in the 19t yeirhunner, an alsae givin Inglis main leid status.