- Not to be confused with the Celtic Cumbric language
The
Cumbrian dialect is a local
Northern English dialect spoken in
Cumbria and surrounding northern
England, not to be confused with the extinct
Celtic language Cumbric that used to be spoken in Cumbria. As in any county, there is a gradual drift in accent towards its neighbours.
Barrow-in-Furness (within the
historic boundaries of Lancashire) has a similar accent to much of Lancashire whilst the northern parts of Cumbria have a more North-East English sound to them. Whilst clearly being an English accent approximately between Lancashire and the North-East, it shares much vocabulary with
Scots.