Vocabulary of Wiltshire Dialect in 1905

1.    mother           mother
2.    father           vaither
3.    sister           zister
4.    brother           brother
5.    daughter           dahter
6.    son           zunn


1.    water           water
2.    fire           vire
3.    sun           zunn
4.    moon           moon
5.    wind           wine-d
6.    rain           rine


1.    one           one
2.    two           two
3.    three           dree
4.    four           vower
5.    five           vive
6.    six           zix


1.    cat           cat
2.    dog          
3.    horse           ’oss
4.    cow           cow
5.    fish           vish
6.    bird           bird
7.    tree           tree
8.    flower           flower


1.    white           white
2.    black           black
3.    red           red
4.    green           green
5.    yellow           yella
6.    blue           blue
7.    grey           gry
8.    brown           brown


Wiltshire dialect was spoken in

Salisbury
Swindon
Devizes
Longleat
Marlborough
Malmesbury
Avebury


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