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The accents of English in Wales are strongly influenced by the phonology of the Welsh language, which more than 20% of the population of Wales speak as their first or second language. The North Wales accent is distinct from South Wales. North East Wales is influenced by Scouse and Cheshire accents.
Manchester dialect or Manchester English, known informally as Mancunian ( / mænˈkjuːniən / man-KEW-nee-ən) or Manc, is the English accent and dialect variations native to Manchester and some of the Greater Manchester area of England. Sharing features with both Northern and West Midlands English, it is closely related to its neighbours like ...
Archived 27 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine—Listen to examples of Geordie and other regional accents and dialects of the UK on the British Library's 'Sounds Familiar' website 'Hover & Hear' Geordie pronunciations , and compare side by side with other accents from the UK and around the World.
The major native dialects of English are often divided by linguists into three general categories: the British Isles dialects, those of North America, and those of Australasia. [ 2] Dialects can be associated not only with place but also with particular social groups. Within a given English-speaking country, there is a form of the language ...
Yorkshire dialect (also known as Broad Yorkshire, Tyke, Yorkie, or Yorkshire English) is a dialect of English, or a geographic grouping of several dialects, spoken in the Yorkshire region of Northern England. [ 1] The varieties have roots in Old English and are influenced to a greater extent by Old Norse than Standard English is.
The English language spoken and written in England encompasses a diverse range of accents and dialects. The language forms part of the broader British English, along with other varieties in the United Kingdom. Terms used to refer to the English language spoken and written in England include English English [1] [2] and Anglo-English.
British English (abbreviations: BrE, en-GB, and BE) [3] is the set of varieties of the English language native to the island of Great Britain. [6] More narrowly, it can refer specifically to the English language in England, or, more broadly, to the collective dialects of English throughout the British Isles taken as a single umbrella variety, for instance additionally incorporating Scottish ...
Many historical northern accents reflect the influence of the Old Norse language strongly, compared with other varieties of English spoken in England. [24]In addition to previous contact with Vikings, during the 9th and 10th centuries, most of northern and eastern England was part of either the Danelaw or the Danish-controlled Kingdom of Northumbria (except for much of present-day Cumbria ...