make some English dialects almost unintelligible to speakers from other regions without any prior exposure. The major native dialects of English are often...
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of English Dialects was undertaken between 1950 and 1961 under the direction of Professor Harold Orton of the English department of the University of...
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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...
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in Southern England. Some dialects, such as Scottish English, Irish English, and many American South and New England dialects, distinguish voiceless [ʍ]...
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delimiters. The English language spoken and written in England encompasses a diverse range of accents and dialects. The language forms part of the broader...
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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...
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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...
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Antarctic English is a variety of the English language spoken by people living on the continent of Antarctica and within the subantarctic islands.: vii ...
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English is similar to American and British dialects with the same spelling.[clarification needed] There are three main dialects of Nigerian English:...
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dialect of Somerset. For details of the sound differences between the dialects, see Phonological history of Old English § Dialects. The language of the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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in dialects other than Standard English or in an informal register; others consider certain constructions to be incorrect in any variety of English. On...
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Survey of English Dialects collected dozens of recordings of authentic Yorkshire dialects. Based on fragments of early studies on the dialect, there seem...
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it can refer specifically to the English language in England, or, more broadly, to the collective dialects of English throughout the British Isles taken...
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terms of mutual intelligibility, a survey in 1967 found the four most unintelligible dialects (excluding Ryūkyūan languages and Tohoku dialects) to students...
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consonant). Although other dialects have merged non-intervocalic /ɛ/, /ɪ/, /ʌ/ before /r/ (fern–fir–fur merger), Scottish English makes a distinction between...
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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...
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Malawian English is the English language as spoken in Malawi. English is the country's official language. English was introduced into Malawi towards the...
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Southern American English or Southern U.S. English is a regional dialect or collection of dialects of American English spoken throughout the Southern United...
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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...
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variety of English, including dialects from other areas in which Celtic languages are or were spoken, such as Welsh English and Hiberno-English. Early...
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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...
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American English British English American and British English spelling differences English phonology Survey of English Dialects List of dialects of the English...
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This is a list of English-language words from the Irish language with links provided to pronunciation in all three primarily Irish dialects, spoken by...
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varieties of English as well as other dialects, namely Trinidadian Creole in Trinidad and Tobagonian Creole in Tobago. Trinidadian English was initially...
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Valle) other dialects Østlandsk [no] (Eastern Norway) Flatbygd dialects [no] (Lowland districts) Vikværsk dialects (Viken district) Andebu dialect [no] (Andebu)...
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Northumbrian dialect or Northumbrian English is any one of several traditional English dialects spoken in the historic counties of Northumberland and...
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of these, have first syllables that evolved from Latin. Also, some words only exhibit stress alternation in certain dialects of English. For a list of...
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