Devon - Language & Languages

The Britsh Library's Survey of English Dialects (archived copy) provides recordings of many dialects, including eleven from Devon.

The Devonshire Association's Devonshire Dialect Dictionary - "the most comprehensive collation and ordering of dialectal lexis yet achieved in respect of Devon . . . The total lexical corpus of approximately 14,400 words is arranged in dictionary form."

Devon Voices - BBC pages on the Devon dialect.

Devon Alphabet - from the BBC Radio Devon website.

Jan Stewer CDs - "During the 1930's A. J. Coles wrote a number of short stories in the Devon Dialect, and these were collated as a series of books, using phonetic spelling to indicate the appropriate pronunciation. . . John Sage has been given permisson by the Copyright holder to record these stories and sell the recordings to raise money for the maintenance of Luppitt Church."

Brushfield, T N. Who wrote "The Exmoor scolding and courtship"? Trans. Devon. Assoc. vol 20, (1888) pp. 400-409. [Index]

Chope, R. Pearse.  A Dialect Letter with Glossary. Trans. Devon Assoc., vol. XLV, (1913). [Index]

Downes, John. Dictionary of Devon Dialect, Tabb House, 11 Church St., Padstow, Cornwall (1986) 97 pp. [ISBN: 0907018335]

Elworthy, F.T. Fourth Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. XIII, (1881), pp. 78-97. [Index]

Elworthy, F.T. Fifth Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. XIV, (1882), pp. 128-151. [Index]

Elworthy, F.T. Sixth Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. XV, (1883), pp. 74-98. [Index]

Elworthy, F.T. Seventh Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. XVI, (1884), pp. 86-121. [Index]

Elworthy, F.T. Eighth Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. XVII, (1885), pp. 77-117. [Index]

Elworthy, F.T. Ninth Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. XVIII, (1886), pp. 78-102. [Index]

Elworthy, F.T. Tenth Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. XIX, (1887), pp. 63-82. [Index]

Elworthy, F.T. Eleventh Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. XXI, (1889), pp. 84-109. [Index]

Elworthy, F.T. Twelfth Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. XXIII, (1891), pp. 125-143. [Index]

Elworthy, F.T. Thirteenth Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. XXV, (1893), pp. 181-211. [Index]

Elworthy, F.T. Fourteenth Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. XXVII, (1895), pp. 40-60. [Index]

Elworthy, F.T. Sixteenth Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. XXIX, (1897), pp. 45-65. [Index]

Elworthy, F.T. Seventeenth Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. XXX, (1898), pp. 56-76. [Index]

Elworthy, F.T. Eighteenth Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. XXXII, (1900), pp. 55-73. [Index]

Elworthy, F.T. Nineteenth Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. XXXIV, (1902), pp. 90-103. [Index]

Elworthy, F.T. Twentieth Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. XXXVII, (1905), pp. 122-140. [Index]

Firth, F.H. First Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol.  IX, (1877), pp. 123-142. [Index]

Firth, F.H. Second Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol.  IX, (1877), pp. 123-142. [Index]

Gray, Todd. How to Swear Like an Elizabethan in Devon, Mint Press (2016) 36 pp. [ISBN-13 ‏: ‎ 978-1903356685] ["Nearly 200 other insulting words and terms were commonly used by Elizabethan Devonians. Mell, ninny hammer, wittol, bally rag, nippy and bull beef. These and nearly 200 other insulting words and terms were commonly used by Elizabethan Devonians. This book unveils them in this list of scandalous, offensive and rude language."]

Gregory, Alfred T., (Ed.). Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms: As Collected by Members of the Devonshire Association for Advancement of Science, Literature, & Art etc. 1877 to 1908, Devonshire Association (1909) viii, 196 p.

Hewett, Sarah. The Peasant Speech of Devon, and other matters connected therewith, (1892) ix + 184 p. [Index]

Lamplugh, Lois. Four Centuries of Devon Dialect as Recorded in Print, R.M. Young, 17 Broad Street, South Molton EX36 3AQ (1999) 175 pp.

Laycock, Charles H. (Ed.). Twenty-Third Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol.  XLII, (1910), pp. 64-90. [Index]

Laycock, Charles H. (Ed.). Twenty-Sixth Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc.,vol. XLV, (1913), pp. 77-90. [Index]

Laycock, Charles H. (Ed.). Twenty-Seventh Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol.  44, (1914), pp. 79-92. [Index]

Laycock, Charles H. (Ed.). Twenty-Eighth Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol.   LXVII, (1915), pp. 93-130. [Index]

Laycock, Charles H. (Ed.). Twenty-Ninth Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol.   XVIII, (1916), pp. 85-98. [Index]

Laycock, Charles H. (Ed.). Thirtieth Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol.   LXIX, (1917), pp. 60-68. [Index]

Laycock, Charles H. Westcountry Wit and Humour, Part IV. Trans. Devon Assoc., vol. XLVI, (1914), pp. 507-519. [Index]

Laycock, Charles H. (Ed.). Thirty-Second Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol.  51, (1919), pp. 65-78. [Index]

Laycock, Charles H. (Ed.). Thirty-Third Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol.  52, (1920), pp. 62-77. [Index]

Marten, Clement. The Devonshire dialect: being a collection of reminiscences, anecdotes, customs and traditions in which the Devonshire dialect is shown to be an important part of the character of the Devonshire people ... (4th ed.), Newton Abbot, Peninsula (1992) 48 pp. [ISBN: 1872640222]

[Palmer, Mary] A Dialogue in the Devonshire Dialect, London, Longman & Co. (1837) vi + 85 pp.

[Palmer, M.]. Devonshire Courtship, Devonport and London, (c186-) 74 pp.

Pearse Chope, R. The Book Dialect of North Devon. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. 49, (1917), pp. 320-340. [Index]

Pengelly, W. Verbal Provincialisms of South-Western Devonshire. Trans. Devon Assoc. Vol. V, (1875), pp. 401-569. [Index]

Pengelly, W. Third Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol.  IX, (1879), pp. 122-145. [Index]

Pengelly, W. Words Current in Devonshire in the Fifteenth Century but which are now Obsolete or Obsolescent. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. XIV, (1882), pp. 199-220. [Index]

Phillips, K.C. Westcountry Words & Ways, David & Charles: Newton Abbot (1976)

Reichel, Rev. O.J. Twenty-First Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol.  XL, (1908), pp. 64-83. [Index]

Sherracombe, Will. Devonshire folk: Stories from remote village, farms and hills, London, Heath Cranton Limited (1937) 180 pp. [Westcountry Studies Library 828.99]