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Ulster (coloured), showing Northern Ireland in pink and the Republic of Ireland part in green. Ulster has a population of just over two million people and an area of 22,067 square kilometres (8,520 sq mi). About 62% of the area of Ulster is in the UK while the remaining 38% is in the Republic of Ireland.
Ulster English, [1] also called Northern Hiberno-English or Northern Irish English, is the variety of English spoken mostly around the Irish province of Ulster and throughout Northern Ireland. The dialect has been influenced by the local Ulster dialect of the Scots language , brought over by Scottish settlers during the Plantation of Ulster and ...
Ulster is one of the four historical provinces which make up the island of Ireland. The others are Leinster, Munster and Connacht. There are nine counties in Ulster. Three of them are in the Republic of Ireland: County Cavan.
Ulster is one of the four provinces of Ireland. Due to large-scale plantations of people from Scotland and England during the 17th and 18th centuries, as well as decades of conflict in the 20th, Ulster has a unique culture, quite different from the rest of Ireland. [citation needed]
The northern Irish province of Ulster is home to two distinctive dialects not spoken elsewhere in Ireland: Mid-Ulster English (MUE) and Ulster Scots (USc). This chapter examines their historical origins, their linguistic features, and the relationship between them.
Apr 23, 2020 · The last variety and for many linguists, the most important one because of its number of speakers is Mid-Ulster English. This variety is often referred to as Standard Northern Irish because...
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The province Ulster (in Irish “Cúige Uladh“, in Ulster-Scots “Ulstèr“) consists of nine counties - six in Northern Ireland, three in the Republic of Ireland.