Friday, 24 March 2017

Varieties of English

Chicano English
  • A dialect of American English spoken mainly by Mexican Americans
  • A term to describe the English used by Latin American immigrants in the United States
  • Most of the immigrants are from Mexico
  • This variety of English contains Spanish features in phonology
https://www.uni-due.de/SVE/VARS_Chicano.htm

Manglish
  • An English-based creole spoken in Malaysia
  • Consists of words originating from English, Malay, Hokkien, Mandarin, Cantonese, Tamil and Malayalam
  • American and Australian slang have evolved from imported TV series
  • The English Language in Malaysia has developed its own phonology, lexicon and grammar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manglish

New Zealand English
  • The variant of English Language spoken by most New Zealanders who speak English
  • English is one of New Zealand's 3 official language
  • Established during the 19th century by colonists
  • New Zealand English is similar to Australian English in terms of pronunciation
  • The main influences on NZE are from Australian English, English in southern England, Irish English, Scottish English, prestige Received Pronunciation and Māori
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_English