The Sound of the Yola language / Forth and Bargy dialect (Numbers, Greetings & Sample Text)

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Forth and Bargy dialect (Yola)
Native to: Ireland
Region: County Wexford
Extinct: Mid-19th century
Language family: Indo-European (Germanic)

The Forth and Bargy dialect, also known as Yola, is an extinct Anglic language once spoken in the baronies of Forth and Bargy in County Wexford, Ireland. It is thought to have evolved from Middle English, which was brought to Ireland during the Norman invasion, beginning in 1169. As such, it was similar to the Fingallian dialect of the Fingal area. Both became extinct in the 19th century, when they were replaced by modern Hiberno-English. The name "Yola" means "old" in the dialect.

The dialect was spoken in County Wexford, particularly in the baronies of Forth and Bargy. This was the first area English-speakers came to in the Norman invasion of Ireland, supporting the theory that the dialect evolved from the Middle English introduced in that period. As such it is thought to have been similar to Fingallian, which was spoken in the Fingal region north of Dublin. Middle English, the mother tongue of the "Old English" community, was widespread throughout southeastern Ireland until the 14th century; as the Old English were increasingly assimilated into Irish culture, their original language was gradually displaced through Gaelicisation. After this point, the Forth and Bargy dialect and Fingallian were the only attested relicts of this original form of English.

Modern English was widely introduced by British colonists during and after the 17th century, forming the basis for the modern Hiberno-English of Ireland. The new varieties were notably distinct from the surviving relict dialects. As English continued to spread, both the Forth and Bargy dialect and the Fingal dialect died out in the 19th century.

The dialect of Forth and Bargy was the only dialect in Ireland included in Alexander John Ellis's work On Early English Pronunciation Volume V, which was the earliest survey of dialects of English. The phonetics of the dialect were taken from a local reverend.

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[lovelandfrog]

Christ almighty; I speak both Irish and English and this is like having a stroke.

[silliaek]

"There's no gasp in him" - what an evocative way to put it. I would love to hear more Yola text.

[nikhilalbert]

Wonderful reconstruction of rare languages!

[YOSHI]

I never thought I'd get to see Yola on here. This is absolutely fantastic!

[Dyomaeth]

This is the closest an English speaker can get to understand what it's like for Slavic speakers to hear other Slavic languages, or for a Romance speaker to hear other Romance languages.

[connomo]

It sounds like im hearing Irish and English at the same time. Unique language

[belstar]

At first when he counted to 10 i was like ok this is quite similar to English and Dutch very easy but then it turned into this very unique language that i can't understand at all.

[AlexMoby]

Sounds like the illegitimate child of English and Irish Gaelic, born in the Netherlands with a Danish accent

[Figgy]

Not to be confused with the "Yolo" language, a dialect that has gone extinct from too many people Yolo speakers performing reckless actions.

[weirdlanguageguy]

This is amazing! Thank you so much for another marvelous language

[hartsty]

Fingallian was an English dialect spoken in north county Dublin as well. Both now extinct sadly.

[nebulicdisaster]

Holy crap it’s like I can understand it but not at the same time this is a weird sensation that I’m not used too. It’s like someone has their mouth full while trying to talk to me

[robertofranciscomonsalvesp]

I didn't know about this one! Thanks

[Sean_rooney]

There was a second one spoken in fingal county dublin, wonder if its possible to reconstruct that one aswell

[tiernan]

As a man form wexford my self that’s a quare language

[andyjay]

If William the Conqueror had lost at Hastings, the English language would probably sound like this today.

[hdirbrbrbanduehbrtbbt]

You should do the Amish languege or Pennsylvania Dutch! Plz!!

[buu]

The is the closest an english speaker will get to a partially intelligable language.

[jasayehan]

"Geoude Ariche!" from my side of the world!

[ff_crafter]

Nice it's Middle English derived language like Scots and Modern English