Southern Irish English

English in Ireland has resulted from a language shift from Irish to English over the past few centuries. Many of its features are due to the influence of Irish, particularly in phonology and syntax. There are also some retentions from more conservative varieties of English taken to Ireland. In pronunciation one can mention the fricative t at the end of words, e.g. cat [kæṱ], and the stop realisation of dental fricatives, e.g. think [ḏɪŋk]. Vowels are also different: there is much less diphthongisation and the vowel in cancel is central and not retracted, i.e. [ka:nsḷ].

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