Dialect comparison

Aboriginal Australian English vs Eastern New England English

Compare two dialects of English side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Aboriginal Australian English

AAE

A distinct Australian English variety used widely across Aboriginal communities. Shows substrate influence from many Aboriginal languages and forms a continuum with Kriol in northern Australia.

Approximate centre
-12.46°, 130.84°
Eastern New England English

Boston English

The traditional English of Boston and eastern New England. Non-rhotic in conservative speech, with the cot-caught merger and the famously Boston-broad short-a.

Approximate centre
42.36°, -71.06°

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