Manchester dialect

Manchester dialect
Manchester dialect
Mancunian, Manc
	Liam and Noel Gallagher of Oasis
Region	Greater Manchester
Ethnicity	English
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Ingvaeonic Anglo-Frisian Anglic English British English English in England Manchester dialect; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	English alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
IETF	en-u-sd-gbman
	Manchester in red, Greater Manchester in light yellow

An example of a male speaker from Old Trafford (Terry Christian).

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An example of a male speaker from Hattersley, Hyde (Ricky Hatton).

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Manchester dialect or Manchester English, known informally as Mancunian (/mænˈkjuːniən/ man-KEW-nee-ən) or Manc, is the English accent and dialect variations native to Manchester and some of the Greater Manchester area of England. Sharing features with both West Midlands and Northern English, it is closely related to its neighbours like the Lancashire dialect and the West Riding dialect of Yorkshire.^[1]

Manchester accents are prominent in popular media via television shows such as Coronation Street and members of rock bands such as Happy Mondays, New Order, Oasis, The Fall, The Stone Roses, and Take That.^[2]

^ Wells (1982), pp. 366–367.
^ Qureshi, Yakub (8 September 2007). "We're all speaking Manc now!". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 22 November 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2008.