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Dialect comparison

Broad Australian vs Canadian English

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

Broad Australian

Strine

The most strongly-marked sociolect of Australian English, traditionally rural and outback in association. Famously caricatured as "Strine"; recognisable by its diphthongal vowels and broad nasalisation.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
-23.70°, 133.88°
Canadian English

The English of English-speaking Canada. Closer to General American than to British English in most features, but with its own vocabulary and the well-known Canadian raising.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
43.65°, -79.38°

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