Dialect of the Baronies of Forth and Bargy in 1927. County Wexford native Paddy Berry is noted for his condensed performances of the piece "A Yola Zong" which he has performed for various recordings, the latest of which was in 2017. Various Yola rhymes, passed down from generation to generation, can be heard spoken by a Wexford woman in a documentary recorded in 1969 on the present usage and rememberers of Yola in the former baronies of Forth and Bargy. Yola Farmstead, a community-operated reenactment of a Forth and Bargy village as it would have been during the 18th century, delivered a speech and performance of a song in Yola at their opening ceremony, featured Yola phrases in their advertisements, and hosted events where participants could learn some of the language from linguists and other experts on it. The Yola Farmstead also hosted a memorial event dedicated to Jack Devereux of the Kilmore Choir, which once used Yola extensively in their Christmas services. Devereux was a preservationist of, and well-versed in, Yola: locals considered him to be the last native speaker of the language, and a rendition of the Lord's Prayer translated into Yola was read at his memorial. The Yola Farm has since closed down but since 2021 there have been efforts to reopen it. Wikitongues also has a section dedicated to Yola on its website which hosts language documentation and revitalization resources. There also exists various groups focused on reviving the Yola language. Phonology As in the Dutch language, in southwestern varieties of English and (to a lesser extent) in German, most voiceless fricatives in Yola became voiced. The Middle English vowels are well-preserved, having only partially and sporadically undergone the changes associated with the Great Vowel Shift. One striking characteristic of Yola was the fact that stress shifted to the second syllable of words in many instances: "morsel", "hatchet", "dinner", "reader", "wedding", etc. Pronunciation Consonants: variably pronounced as in Dutch "ik", example barich pronounced as in English "ick", or as in English "itch", such as in "ditch" – a guttural sound the same as the in lough ( or ) Vowels: () (o as in boot) () (e as in bee) () (as in man but longer) () is in "cat" () as in "father" () as in "let" () as in "may" () as in "bit" () (ee) as in "bee" () as in "spot" ()