Vocabulary of Northumberland Dialect in 1905

1.    mother           mutheR
2.    father           faththeR
3.    sister           sisteR
4.    brother           bRutheR
5.    daughter           dowteR
6.    son           sun


1.    water           wetteR
2.    fire           fiRe
3.    sun           sun
4.    moon           m-yun
5.    wind           wind
6.    rain           Rayan


1.    one           won
2.    two           two
3.    three           thRay
4.    four           foweR
5.    five          
6.    six           six


1.    cat           cat
2.    dog           dog
3.    horse           hoRse
4.    cow           coo
5.    fish           fish
6.    bird          
7.    tree           tRay
8.    flower           flooeR


1.    white           hwate
2.    black           black
3.    red           Reed
4.    green           gReen
5.    yellow           yalla
6.    blue           bliw
7.    grey           gRay-a
8.    brown           bRoon


Northumberland dialect was spoken in

Berwick on Tweed
Alnwick
Morpeth
Newcastle on Tyne


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