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Dialect comparison

New York English vs Newfoundland English

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

New York English

NYC English · New Yorkese

The English of New York City and surrounding areas. Marked by the famous tense-lax split of short-a, raised /ɔ/, and (historically) non-rhoticity.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
40.71°, -74.01°
Newfoundland English

Newfie English

The most distinctive variety of Canadian English, descended from 17th- and 18th-century West Country and Hiberno-English settlers. Strongly divergent from mainland Canadian English in vowels and grammar.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
47.56°, -52.71°

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