make some English dialects almost unintelligible to speakers from other regions without any prior exposure. The major native dialects of English are often... 21 KB (1,910 words) - 16:04, 15 April 2024 |
of English Dialects was undertaken between 1950 and 1961 under the direction of Professor Harold Orton of the English department of the University of... 33 KB (3,986 words) - 12:26, 7 March 2024 |
delimiters. The English language spoken and written in England encompasses a diverse range of accents and dialects. The language forms part of the broader... 58 KB (7,120 words) - 21:13, 2 May 2024 |
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... 63 KB (6,034 words) - 03:54, 10 April 2024 |
in Southern England. Some dialects, such as Scottish English, Irish English, and many American South and New England dialects, distinguish voiceless [ʍ]... 66 KB (1,824 words) - 16:27, 22 April 2024 |
Antarctic English is a variety of the English language spoken by people living on the continent of Antarctica and within the subantarctic islands.: vii ... 7 KB (645 words) - 12:50, 9 April 2024 |
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... 5 KB (614 words) - 19:12, 24 May 2023 |
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... 56 KB (5,870 words) - 09:16, 2 May 2024 |
dialect of Somerset. For details of the sound differences between the dialects, see Phonological history of Old English § Dialects. The language of the... 90 KB (8,308 words) - 19:10, 4 May 2024 |
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... 15 KB (989 words) - 17:39, 4 May 2024 |
Survey of English Dialects collected dozens of recordings of authentic Yorkshire dialects. Based on fragments of early studies on the dialect, there seem... 65 KB (6,677 words) - 11:47, 2 May 2024 |
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... 44 KB (3,296 words) - 22:19, 21 February 2024 |
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... 7 KB (801 words) - 17:04, 27 January 2024 |
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... 14 KB (1,428 words) - 23:45, 31 October 2023 |
it can refer specifically to the English language in England, or, more broadly, to the collective dialects of English throughout the British Isles taken... 34 KB (3,850 words) - 21:15, 30 April 2024 |
Guyanese Creole (redirect from Guyanese Creole English language) Linguistically, it is similar to other English dialects of the Caribbean region, based on 19th-century English and has loan words from West African, Indian-South... 7 KB (677 words) - 02:57, 1 May 2024 |
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... 29 KB (2,922 words) - 16:40, 29 April 2024 |
International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA) is a free, online archive of primary-source dialect and accent recordings of the English language. The... 4 KB (540 words) - 00:12, 11 April 2024 |
consonant). Although other dialects have merged non-intervocalic /ɛ/, /ɪ/, /ʌ/ before /r/ (fern–fir–fur merger), Scottish English makes a distinction between... 30 KB (2,976 words) - 04:50, 4 May 2024 |
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... 15 KB (1,958 words) - 01:39, 10 April 2024 |
"Ireland") or Irish English (IrE), also formerly sometimes called Anglo-Irish, is the set of English dialects native to the island of Ireland, including... 99 KB (8,162 words) - 03:29, 2 May 2024 |
varieties of English as well as other dialects, namely Trinidadian Creole in Trinidad and Tobagonian Creole in Tobago. Trinidadian English was initially... 5 KB (448 words) - 21:52, 19 February 2024 |
in dialects other than Standard English or in an informal register; others consider certain constructions to be incorrect in any variety of English. On... 21 KB (2,164 words) - 12:47, 26 April 2024 |
Malaysian English (MyE), formally known as Malaysian Standard English (MySE) (similar and related to British English), is a form of English used and spoken... 24 KB (2,354 words) - 14:20, 12 April 2024 |
English spelling differences English phonology Survey of English Dialects List of dialects of the English language International Dialects of English Archive... 56 KB (6,139 words) - 15:06, 25 April 2024 |
The widespread teaching of English as a second or foreign language; The mutual intelligibility of dialects of English Spread of Christianity via Christian... 46 KB (6,000 words) - 19:46, 9 April 2024 |
variety of English, including dialects from other areas in which Celtic languages are or were spoken, such as Welsh English and Hiberno-English. Early... 19 KB (2,126 words) - 21:33, 4 March 2024 |
Speech example An example of Ghanaian English speaker (Felix Nartey). Problems playing this file? See media help. This article contains phonetic transcriptions... 4 KB (393 words) - 13:27, 9 January 2024 |