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Glasgow dialect

The Glasgow dialect, also called Glaswegian or Glasgow patter, is a dialect or language variety spoken in and around Glasgow, Scotland. It is most common in working class people, which has led to stigma from members of other classes and those outside Glasgow.

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Early forms
Middle English
Ethnicity
Scottish people
IETF
sco-u-sd-gbglg, en-scotland-u-sd-gbglg
ISO 639-3
Language family
GermanicWest GermanicNorth Sea GermanicAnglo-FrisianAnglicEnglishBritish EnglishScottish EnglishGlasgow dialect · West GermanicNorth Sea GermanicAnglo-FrisianAnglicEnglishBritish EnglishScottish EnglishGlasgow dialect · North Sea GermanicAnglo-FrisianAnglicEnglishBritish EnglishScottish EnglishGlasgow dialect · Anglo-FrisianAnglicEnglishBritish EnglishScottish EnglishGlasgow dialect · AnglicEnglishBritish EnglishScottish EnglishGlasgow dialect
Native to
Scotland

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Alleged influence from Cockney

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Glasgow dialect

Nodes81
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Avg. degree1.98
Density0.024691
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Glasgow dialect

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related to In the media · 26
Glasgow dialect → As, Baxter, Burnistoun, Chewin, England, Fat, Glasgow, Glasgow-born, Glaswegian, Greenock, In, Joe, Ken Loach, Limmy's Show, Loach, My Name, Neds, Nesbitt, Parliamo Glasgow, Popular
Language family · 9
Glasgow dialect → AnglicEnglishBritish EnglishScottish EnglishGlasgow dialect, Anglo-FrisianAnglicEnglishBritish EnglishScottish EnglishGlasgow dialect, British EnglishScottish EnglishGlasgow dialect, EnglishBritish EnglishScottish EnglishGlasgow dialect, GermanicWest GermanicNorth Sea GermanicAnglo-FrisianAnglicEnglishBritish EnglishScottish EnglishGlasgow dialect, Glasgow dialect, North Sea GermanicAnglo-FrisianAnglicEnglishBritish EnglishScottish EnglishGlasgow dialect, Scottish EnglishGlasgow dialect, West GermanicNorth Sea GermanicAnglo-FrisianAnglicEnglishBritish EnglishScottish EnglishGlasgow dialect
related to External links · 9
Glasgow dialect → Dictionary, February, Glasgow, Glasgow Dialect Archived, Glesca Glossary, Planet, Scots Language Centre, The PatterThe Online Scots, Wayback MachineA
Early forms · 1
Glasgow dialect → Middle English
Ethnicity · 1
Glasgow dialect → Scottish people
IETF · 1
Glasgow dialect → sco-u-sd-gbglg, en-scotland-u-sd-gbglg
ISO 639-3 · 1
Glasgow dialect → –
Native speakers · 1
Glasgow dialect → (undated figure of Unknown, likely up to 1,000,000 .mw-parser-output div.crossreference{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote…
Native to · 1
Glasgow dialect → Scotland
Region · 1
Glasgow dialect → Greater Glasgow

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glasgow dialect english glaswegian scots speech scottish patter local speakers also accent language people th-fronting working-class many scotland early cockney

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Glasgow dialectEarly formsMiddle English1.00infobox
Glasgow dialectEthnicityScottish people1.00infobox
Glasgow dialectIETFsco-u-sd-gbglg, en-scotland-u-sd-gbglg1.00infobox
Glasgow dialectISO 639-31.00infobox
Glasgow dialectLanguage familyGermanicWest GermanicNorth Sea GermanicAnglo-FrisianAnglicEnglishBritish EnglishScottish EnglishGlasgow dialect1.00infobox
Glasgow dialectLanguage familyWest GermanicNorth Sea GermanicAnglo-FrisianAnglicEnglishBritish EnglishScottish EnglishGlasgow dialect1.00infobox
Glasgow dialectLanguage familyNorth Sea GermanicAnglo-FrisianAnglicEnglishBritish EnglishScottish EnglishGlasgow dialect1.00infobox
Glasgow dialectLanguage familyAnglo-FrisianAnglicEnglishBritish EnglishScottish EnglishGlasgow dialect1.00infobox
Glasgow dialectLanguage familyAnglicEnglishBritish EnglishScottish EnglishGlasgow dialect1.00infobox
Glasgow dialectLanguage familyEnglishBritish EnglishScottish EnglishGlasgow dialect1.00infobox
Glasgow dialectLanguage familyBritish EnglishScottish EnglishGlasgow dialect1.00infobox
Glasgow dialectLanguage familyScottish EnglishGlasgow dialect1.00infobox
Glasgow dialectLanguage familyGlasgow dialect1.00infobox
Glasgow dialectNative speakers(undated figure of Unknown, likely up to 1,000,000 .mw-parser-output div.crossreference{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote…1.00infobox
Glasgow dialectNative toScotland1.00infobox
Glasgow dialectRegionGreater Glasgow1.00infobox
Glasgow dialectWriting systemLatin1.00infobox

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