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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

in dialects other than Standard English or in an informal register; others consider certain constructions to be incorrect in any variety of English. On...

Anglo-Irish, is the set of dialects of English native to the island of Ireland. In both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, English is the dominant...

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...

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

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...

Constrained writing Plain English, a variety of English written specifically for clarity List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English R.L.G. (28 January...

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

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

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

dialects spoken by Gorals in Western Carpathians bordering Poland and Slovakia), which include: Carpathian-Podgórze Goral dialects Babia Góra dialect...

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

South African English (SAfE, SAfEn, SAE, en-ZA) is the set of English language dialects native to South Africans. British settlers first arrived in the...

particularly spelling that are unified nationwide but distinct from other English dialects around the world. Any American or Canadian accent perceived as lacking...