EXAMPLES OF YORKSHIRE DIALECT

For better understanding of Yorkshire dialect, below are presented three videos and three recordings of Yorkshire dialect speaking people.

Video number 1. In this video a Yorkshire man speaks about struggles talking in Yorkshire dialect.
Video number 2. This a short video teaching some useful Yorkshire phrases.
Video number 3. This educational video presents and compares numbers, and greetings in Yorkshire dialect and Standard English. Also, the reader reads a text in Yorkshire dialect while the translation of the text in provided below.

RECORDINGS

Transcriptions of texts are provided on the website.

Recording number 1: https://www.dialectsarchive.com/england-55
A 91-year-old woman speaks about her life in Greenland, West Yorkshare.

Recording number 2: https://www.dialectsarchive.com/england-74
A 30-year of woman, who grew up in Horrogate, North Yorkshire, speaks about her life in New Zealand.

Recording number 3: https://www.dialectsarchive.com/england-81
A boy, who is in his teenage years and lived in Leeds, West Yorkshire, talks about his recent life living in New Zealand.

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