A good example of this is provided by the situation in Jamaica.

Example of language varieties in english. 2 the Outer Circle which consists of countries where English is used as a second or official language such as India or Singapore. According to Crystal 2003 non-native speakers of English. Geographical or regional variation in the.

Punjabi words adopted into English are rare but nevertheless include bhangra a local traditional dance form and music style 1965 and gurdwara. From the thick Ugandan English to the French-themed Canadian English the varieties of accents present are both diverse and beautiful. Geographical or regional dialects are usually speech varieties pertaining to a particular local region Pratt.

Lingua franca refers to a language that is used between two or more people who dont natively speak the same language but who have a common language in common they can use to communicate. New varieties of the English language is dangerously mistaken particularly where it leads to the abandonment of Standard English as a model for learners. Kachru 1985 identified three concentric circles.

For example Singlish spoken in Singapore is a variety. For example in American English you can say Shes gotten better But in British English youd say Shes got better People dont think one way is right and one way is wrong - just that theyre different. The varieties in these extremes are not mutually intelligible but at any two points on the continuum they are.

This is called a minority dialect. Apart from accents there is a tendency for people to mix English with their local lingo to form a hybrid variety of English language that is as colorful as the culture in that country. Neither of them speaks the others language the French speaker doesnt speak Chinese and vice versa so to communicate they use English.

Indigenized varieties are spoken mainly as second languages in ex-colonies with multilingual populations. Mary is the yin to Peters yang. I guess its true that opposites attract.