 
 <prompt> "Which language no be precursor to modern English, Mercian or Northumbrian? Given di previous question, write a context wey contain di answer. E fit be 1 - 20 sentences. Context:" <response>: Due to di centralisation of power and di Viking invasions, e get small small written record of di non-Wessex dialects afta Alfred's unification. Some Mercian texts still dey written, but di influence of Mercian dey show for some of di translations wey dem produce under Alfred's programme, wey many of dem dey produce by Mercian scholars. Other dialects sure dey still dey spoken, as we see from di continued variation between their successors for Middle and Modern English. For fact, wetin go become di standard forms of Middle English and of Modern English dey come from Mercian instead of West Saxon, while Scots develop from di Northumbrian dialect. Dem once talk say, because of im position for di heart of di Kingdom of Wessex, di relics of Anglo-Saxon accent, idiom and vocabulary dey best preserved for di dialect of Somerset. 