make some English dialects almost unintelligible to speakers from other regions without any prior exposure. The major native dialects of English are often...

of English Dialects was undertaken between 1950 and 1961 under the direction of Professor Harold Orton of the English department of the University of...

in Southern England. Some dialects, such as Scottish English, Irish English, and many American South and New England dialects, distinguish voiceless [ʍ]...

Old English continued to exhibit local variation, the remnants of which continue to be found in dialects of Modern English. The four main dialects were...

delimiters. The English language spoken and written in England encompasses a diverse range of accents and dialects. The language forms part of the broader...

List of English words of Old English origin. English words of African origin List of English words of Afrikaans origin List of South African English regionalisms...

dialect of Somerset. For details of the sound differences between the dialects, see Phonological history of Old English § Dialects. The language of the...

to the spread of the first of these varieties as stable dialects of English among African Americans. The most widespread modern dialect is known as African-American...

spelling prevails over the British (e.g., tire rather than tyre). Dialects of American English spoken by United Empire Loyalists who fled the American Revolution...

two different dialects Early West Saxon and Late West Saxon with West Saxon being one of the four distinct regional dialects of Old English. The three others...

variety of English, including dialects from other areas in which Celtic languages are or were spoken, such as Welsh English and Hiberno-English. Early...

Caribbean English (CE, CarE) is a set of dialects of the English language which are spoken in the Caribbean and most countries on the Caribbean coasts of Central...

Antarctic English is a variety of the English language spoken by people living on the continent of Antarctica and within the subantarctic islands.: vii ...

the west of Wales have been more heavily influenced by the Welsh language while dialects in the east have been influenced more by dialects in England...

consonant). Although other dialects have merged non-intervocalic /ɛ/, /ɪ/, /ʌ/ before /r/ (fern–fir–fur merger), Scottish English makes a distinction between...

it can refer specifically to the English language in England, or, more broadly, to the collective dialects of English throughout the British Isles taken...

are three main dialects of Nigerian English: Hausa English (spoken by the Hausa), Igbo English (spoken by the Igbo) and Yoruba English (spoken by the...

Guyanese) is an English-based creole language spoken by the Guyanese people. Linguistically, it is similar to other English dialects of the Caribbean region...

Linguistic purism in English is the opposition to foreign influence in the English language. English has evolved with a great deal of borrowing from other...

varieties of English as well as other dialects, namely Trinidadian Creole in Trinidad and Tobagonian Creole in Tobago. Trinidadian English was initially...

American English British English American and British English spelling differences English phonology Survey of English Dialects List of dialects of the English...

Southern American English or Southern U.S. English is a regional dialect or collection of dialects of American English spoken throughout the Southern United...

Th-stopping is also common. One of the most salient sounds of Caribbean English to speakers of outside English dialects is its unique rhythm and intonation...

Speech example An example of Ghanaian English speaker (Felix Nartey). Problems playing this file? See media help. This article contains phonetic transcriptions...

Survey of English Dialects collected dozens of recordings of authentic Yorkshire dialects. Based on fragments of early studies on the dialect, there seem...

International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA) is a free, online archive of primary-source dialect and accent recordings of the English language. The...

"Ireland") or Irish English (IrE), also formerly sometimes called Anglo-Irish, is the set of English dialects native to the island of Ireland, including...

Malaysian English (MyE), formally known as Malaysian Standard English (MySE) (similar and related to British English), is a form of English used and spoken...

The widespread teaching of English as a second or foreign language; The mutual intelligibility of dialects of English Spread of Christianity via Christian...

terms of mutual intelligibility, a survey in 1967 found the four most unintelligible dialects (excluding Ryūkyūan languages and Tohoku dialects) to students...