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Dialects can be defined as "sub-forms of languages which are, in general, mutually comprehensible." [1] English speakers from different countries and regions use a variety of different accents (systems of pronunciation) as well as various localized words and grammatical constructions.
In the United Kingdom, it is broadcast as the same name of the programme, weekdays at 13:30, 18:30, 22:30 weekends at 13:15, 18:30 and 19:30, following the main news bulletins on BBC One. There is also a shorter bulletin simulcast on BBC Two , and the news channel (both internationally and UK) at 11:45 and on news channel (both internationally ...
Language portal; This category contains both accents and dialects specific to groups of speakers of the English language. General pronunciation issues that are not specific to a single dialect are categorized under the English phonology category.
English dialects differ greatly in their pronunciation of open vowels. In Received Pronunciation, there are four open back vowels, /æ ɑː ɒ ɔː/, but in General American there are only three, /æ ɑ ɔ/, and in most dialects of Canadian English only two, /æ ɒ/. Which words have which vowel varies between dialects.
The earliest varieties of an English language, collectively known as Old English or "Anglo-Saxon", evolved from a group of North Sea Germanic dialects brought to Britain in the 5th century. Old English dialects were later influenced by Old Norse-speaking Viking invaders and settlers, starting in the 8th and 9th centuries.
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This gallery includes userbox templates about dialects of the English language. You may place any of these userboxes on your user page . Some of these templates have multiple options, so visit the template for further information.
Language Type Spoken in Numbers of speakers in the UK English: Germanic (West Germanic) : Throughout the United Kingdom UK (2021 data): 91.1% (52.6 million) of usual residents, aged three years and over, had English (English or Welsh in Wales) as a main language (down from 92.3%, or 49.8 million, in 2011) [22]