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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.
North American English regional phonology is the study of variations in the pronunciation of spoken North American English (English of the United States and Canada)—what are commonly known simply as "regional accents". Though studies of regional dialects can be based on multiple characteristics, often including characteristics that are ...
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Southern American English or Southern U.S. English is a regional dialect [ 1 ][ 2 ] or collection of dialects of American English spoken throughout the Southern United States, though concentrated increasingly in more rural areas, and spoken primarily by White Southerners. [ 3 ] In terms of accent, its most innovative forms include southern ...
The Mid-Atlantic accent, or Transatlantic accent, [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] is a nickname for various accents of English that are perceived as blending features from both American and British English. Most commonly, it refers to accents of the late 19th century to mid-20th century spoken by the Northeastern American upper class, as well as related ...
British English(abbreviations: BrE, en-GB, and BE)[3]is the set of varietiesof the English languagenative to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.[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 Islestaken as a ...
Differences in pronunciation between American English (AmE) and British English (BrE) can be divided into . differences in accent (i.e. phoneme inventory and realisation).See differences between General American and Received Pronunciation for the standard accents in the United States and Britain; for information about other accents see regional accents of English.
The spoken English language in Northern England has been shaped by the region's history of settlement and migration, and today encompasses a group of related accents and dialects known as Northern England English or Northern English. [2][3] The strongest influence on modern varieties of Northern English was the Northumbrian dialect of Middle ...