Vocabulary of Isle of Man Dialect in 1905

1.    mother           mothther
2.    father           father
3.    sister           sister
4.    brother           brothther
5.    daughter           daht-ther
6.    son           sun


1.    water           waht-ther
2.    fire           fire
3.    sun           sun
4.    moon           moon
5.    wind           win
6.    rain           rain


1.    one           won
2.    two           two
3.    three           tree
4.    four           fooa
5.    five           five
6.    six           six


1.    cat           cat
2.    dog           dawg
3.    horse           hoss
4.    cow           co
5.    fish           fish
6.    bird          
7.    tree           t-three
8.    flower           flo-a


1.    white           hwate
2.    black           black
3.    red           red
4.    green           green
5.    yellow           yalla
6.    blue           bl-yoo
7.    grey           gray
8.    brown           brone


Isle of Man dialect was spoken in

Ramsey
Peel
Douglas
Castletown


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