Mercian

Japanese: Mercian
Mercian

…OE is divided into four dialects according to the area where each tribe settled: (1) Northumbrian, in the north of the Humber River in northern England; (2) Mercian, in the south up to the Thames River (these two dialects are sometimes called Anglian, since they were spoken in the area where the Angles settled); (3) Kentish, in the southeast where the Jutes settled; and (4) West-Saxon, in the area where the Saxons settled.

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Japanese:

…OEは各部族の定住した地域により次の四つの方言に分けられる。(1)イングランド北部,ハンバー川以北のノーサンブリア方言Northumbrian,(2)その南,テムズ川までのマーシア方言Mercian(この二つはアングル人の定住地域に行われたので合わせてアングリア方言と呼ぶこともある),(3)ジュート人の定住した南東部のケント方言Kentish,(4)サクソン人の定住したウェスト・サクソン方言West‐Saxon(略称WS。ウェセックス王国の英語)である。…

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