Northern English
Noun
Meaning
Northern English (uncountable)
A group of dialects of the English language found in Northern England.
Synonym: Northern England English
Examples
Northern English and Scots The Great Vowel Shift affected other dialects as well as the standard English of southern England but in different ways.
However, in Southern English, both the front and back close vowels /iː uː/ were diphthongised, but in Northern English, /iː/ diphthongised but /uː/ did not.
If this Northern–Southern difference is related to the vowel systems shown above, the lack of the back mid vowel /oː/ in Northern English explains why /uː/ did not shift.
Overall the culture of Northumberland, as with the north east of England in general, has much more in common with Scottish Lowland and Northern English culture than with that of Southern England.
The region's accents are among those referred to as ' Northern English '.