Extinct languages in Ireland: Yola and Finagalian

[Brendan Burgess]

I was listening to a Radio 4 programme on extinct languages and they spoke about an extinct version of English spoken in Wexford! I had never heard of it before but lo and behold, Wikipedia has an article on it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yola_language

And what about the extinct language spoken in North Dublin called Fingalian?

Brendan

 

[Betsy Og]

Surely its now the time to make the push to have them as official EU languages together with Ulster Scots.

On that note I support the frivolous nature of gaeilge as an EU language - if the EU can waste money on banana curviture regulations then gaeilge is much more worthy

 

[Welfarite]

Fingalian, Brendan? Tell us more!

 

[Omega]

.....if the EU can waste money on banana curviture regulations then gaeilge is much more worthy.....

As Commission Regulation (EC) 2257/94 puts it, bananas must be "free from malformation or abnormal curvature". In the case of "Extra class" bananas, there is no wiggle room, but Class 1 bananas can have "slight defects of shape", and Class 2 bananas can have full-on "defects of shape".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6481969.stm

 

[ClubMan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yola_language

And what about the extinct language spoken in North Dublin called Fingalian?

I presume that you already saw this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingalian

 

[Fingalian]

Hele an grae apa thee.