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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...