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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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