Traditional Dialect of Northamptonshire


The Northamptonshire dialect was a Midlands dialect, though in the south of the county, near the Oxfordshire border, the West Country "r" was in use.

1. brudha    brother        1.                                    1.   
2. sista    sister        2.           2.   
3. sun    son        3.           3.   
4. daw-ta    daughter        4.           4.   
5. fahdha    father                  5.   
6. modhdha    mother        1.           6.   
          2.           7.   
1. spring    spring        3.             
2. sum-a    summer        4.           1. I am    I am


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