Dialect article

Are dialects changing?

If you look at the countries across the world it is easy to recognize that the United Kingdom is a small country in comparison to the others. Because of this people who haven't visited could be easily persuaded to follow the thought everyone speaks and sounds similar, but this is definitely not the case!

The reason for this is the endless variety of different dialects found in the country. A dialect is a language variety belonging to different regional groups. People who have not visited the UK could just think we all sound the same because of its size but instead we have an extreme amount of different dialects.

The endless amounts of dialects is surprising but its not slowing down any time soon. Because of the ways of travelling is now so simple and easy with the different variety of travel in the world more dialects will soon be put upon new people. Another reason for this is because the amount of people leaving their original birth place to get a new job or study at universities across the country. By doing this it is more likely that they will need to adapt to their new area which is likely to me their dialect will also change.

Dialects can also be split into different categories. There is geographical dialect which means the way you talk is effected by the location you live in. Another type of dialect is Social dialect. This is how you talk depending on the class and/or people you are surrounded by.

Some of the most recognizable dialects in the UK are ones like Cockney,Bristolian,Geordie and Brummie. Even though this is just four of the countless amount the UK has on offer they all have a unique way of portraying the English language. The continuation of dialect and accent mixing between cities and countries means are way of communication will become more and more diverse each day.