portions of the Northumbrian[[83]] and portions of the Kentish population have yet to be worked out.
So have the differentiæ between the dialects of Kent, and the dialects of Sussex, Essex, Middlesex, and Wessex.
Probable Anglo-Saxon of Kent.—Codex Diplomaticus, No. 191.
[§ 705]. Sussex.—The characteristics are involved in those of Kent—thus, if Kent be simply Saxon the two counties have the same ethnological relation; whilst if Kent be Frisian or Jute(?) Sussex may be either like or unlike.
Hampshire.—Theoretically, Saxon rather than Angle, and West Saxon (Wessex) rather than south, east, or Middle-Saxon.
Jute elements in either the Hants or Isle of Wight dialects, hitherto undiscovered. Probably, non-existent.
Present dialect certainly not the closest representative of the classical Anglo-Saxon, i. e., the so-called West Saxon.
Berkshire.—Present dialect, probably, the closest representative of the classical Anglo-Saxon.
Cornwall.—Celtic elements at the maximum.
Devonshire and West Somerset.—Present dialect strongly marked by the use of z for s (Zomerzet=Somerset).