Fingalian

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Fingalian is an extinct language spoken by the people of Fingal, an area to the north of Dublin. It is similar to the Yola language, and the two (both of which became extinct in the mid-1800s) are often referred to as a single language, "Yola and Fingalian".

Fingalian is usually regarded as a dialect of Old English, but it could be a vestige of the Old Norse spoken by the Viking settlers of Fingal.

[edit] References

McCrum, Robert, William Cran, Robert MacNeil (1993). The Story of English. Penguin (Non-classics). ISBN 0-14-015405-1. , p. 182.

[edit] See also

• History of the English language