East Anglian English
East Anglian English is a dialect of English spoken in East Anglia, primarily in or before the mid-20th century. East Anglian English has had a very considerable input into modern Estuary English. However, it has received little attention from the media and is not easily recognised by people from other parts of the United Kingdom. East Anglia is not easily defined and its boundaries are not uniformly agreed upon.
| East Anglian English | |
|---|---|
| East Anglian | |
| Region | East Anglia and Essex |
| Ethnicity | East Anglians |
Indo-European
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Early forms | Old English
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Writing system | English alphabet |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | sout3285 |
| IETF | en-u-sd-gbnfk |
Red areas are the commonly agreed upon areas in East Anglia of Norfolk and Suffolk. The pink areas are the areas that are not always agreed upon by scholars containing Essex and Cambridgeshire. | |
The Fens were traditionally an uninhabited area that was difficult to cross, so there was little dialect contact between the two sides of the Fens.
Linguist Peter Trudgill has identified several sub-dialects, including Norfolk (Broad Norfolk), Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, and various Fenland dialects.
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