Northern Ireland English

1. Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages

Northern Ireland English
check:Blasheva N.D
By:Begimbet A.,Kalibayeva A.

2. It should be stated first of all that English pronunciation standards in Northern Ireland and in the Republic of Eire are

different. The explanation
lies in history.
In the Middle Ages almost the whole of Ireland was
Irish speaking. Nowadays, however, native speakers
of Irish are few.

3.

In number and are confined
to rural areas even though
Irish is the official language
of Ireland and is taught in
schools. The English
language in Southern
Ireland was originally
introduced from the West
and West Midlands of
England and still shows
signs of this today. This kind
of English has spread to
cover most of the Irish
Republic. Naturally the
pronunciation of these areas
retains features of western
parts of England.

4. The English of northern parts of the island with its centre in Belfast has its roots in Scotland, as large numbers of settlers

came to this part from the south-west of
Scotland from the seventeenth century onwards. Now speaking about Northern
Ireland, it is true to say that English here is not homogeneous. Areas of the far north
are heavily Scots-influenced. Other parts are marked by less heavily Scots-influenced
varieties of English. It is, of course, obvious that the language distinction is not
coterminous with the political division of the Republic of Ireland and Northern
Ireland, some areas of the Republic, Donegal, for instance, speak N. Ir. Eng. (Northern
Ireland English), while some of the northern provinces speak S. Ir. Eng. (Southern Ireland
English).

5. VOWELS The vowel system is similar to that of Scottish accents, post-vocalic retroflex frictionless sonorant [r] being used as

Northern Ireland English pronunciation.
[ı]:
pit [pıt], fir [fır], birdVOWELS
[bırd], city ['sıtı], fern [fırn], fur [fır]; [t]: bee [bi ,
beer [bi:r],
seedy to
['si:di
meet
[mi:t],accents,
meat [mi:l];
[e]: pet [pet], bed
The vowel system
is similar
that ,of
Scottish
post-vocalic
retroflex[bed];
frictionless sonorant [r] being used as in Scotland.
[c]:
[a]:
bay [bɛ], bear [bɛr], plate [plɛt], weight [wɛt]; [ʌ]: but [bʌt];
pat [pat], bard [bard], hat [hat], dance [dans], half [haf];
[u]:
put [put], boot [but], pull [pul], pool [pul], poor [pur];
[o]:
boat [bot], board [bord], pole [pol], knows [noz], nose [noz], pour
[рог], роге [por];
[ɔ:]:
paw [pɔ , doll [dɔ:l], pause [pɔ:z];
[ɒ]:
cot [kɒt];
[ai]:
buy [bai], tide [taid];
[au]:
bout [baut];
[ɔi]:
boy [bɔi].

6.

5. realization of [a may vary considerably.
The following notes on vowels should be read in
association with the list above.
The actual realization of a vowel may vary considerably ac
cording to the following phoneme:
1. in words like bay, say the vowel is a monophthong [ɛ],
preconsonantally it may be a diphthong of the type [ɛə —
iə]: gate [gıət];
2. [ı], [u] are fairly central;
3. [ɔ and [ɒ] contrast only before [p, t, k];
4. [ai], [au] are very variable;
5. realization of [a may vary

7. Consonants

1. [I] is mainly clear;
2. intervocalic [t] is often a voiced flap [d]:
city ['sıdi:];
3. between vowels [ð] may be lost: mother
['mɔ:ər];
4. [h] is present.

8. Distinctive sounds:

Speech in the whole of Ireland is for instance rhotic - that is speakers pronounce an <r>
sound after a vowel in words like farm, first and better. The pronunciation of this <r>
sound is, however, much more like the sound we hear in an English West Country accent
than the ‘tapped’ or ‘rolled’ <r> sound we associate with Scottish speakers. On the other
hand the vowel system of Northern Irish English more closely resembles that of Scottish
English, rather than the English of England, Wales or the Republic of Ireland. Many
speakers - particularly older speakers in rural communities — retain pronunciations that
are a throwback to much older, conservative forms of English, such as inserting a <y>
sound after an initial <k> or <g>
CAR:
kyarr
GARDEN:
‘gyarrden’

9. thank you for your attention!