Southern Manx was a
dialect
The term dialect (from Latin , , from the Ancient Greek word , 'discourse', from , 'through' and , 'I speak') can refer to either of two distinctly different types of Linguistics, linguistic phenomena:
One usage refers to a variety (linguisti ...
of the
Manx language
Manx ( or , pronounced or ), also known as Manx Gaelic, is a Gaelic language of the insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, itself a branch of the Indo-European language family. Manx is the historical language of the Manx peop ...
.
It was used by speakers from the
sheading
Local government ( gv, gurneilys ynnydagh) in the Isle of Man was formerly based on six sheadings, which were divided into seventeen parishes (today referred to as "ancient parishes"). The island is today divided for local government purposes i ...
of
Rushen
Rushen ( ; gv, Rosien), formally Kirk Christ Rushen, is one of the seventeen historic parishes of the Isle of Man.
It is located in the south of the island (part of the traditional ''South Side'' division) in the sheading of the same name.
A ...
. It is possible that written Manx represents a 'midlands' dialect of
Douglas
Douglas may refer to:
People
* Douglas (given name)
* Douglas (surname)
Animals
*Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking
*Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civil W ...
and surrounding areas. In Southern Manx, older ''á'' and in some cases ''ó'' became
�ː In Northern Manx the same happened, but ''á'' sometimes remained
ːas well.
In Northern Manx, older ''(e)a'' before ''nn'' in the same syllable is diphthongised, while in Southern Manx it is lengthened but remains a monophthong. For example, (, cf. ga, ceann) is
ʲaunin the north but
ʲoːnin the south.
[Broderick 1984–86, 1:161]
References
Sources
*
Manx language
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