Northern Ontario English

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dialect
gptkbp:country gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:distinctFrom Southern Ontario English
gptkbp:hasFeature distinctive vocabulary
unique intonation patterns
Canadian raising
use of 'eh'
influence from immigrant languages
variation in vowel pronunciation
influence from French
influence from Indigenous languages
retention of older Canadian English features
use of 'youse' as second person plural
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Northern Ontario English
gptkbp:languageFamily English
gptkbp:region gptkb:Ontario
gptkbp:similarTo gptkb:Western_Canadian_English
Central Canadian English
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Northern_Ontario
gptkbp:studiedIn sociolinguists
gptkbp:usedBy residents of Northern Ontario
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ontario_English
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7