Toronto English

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dialect
gptkbp:country gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:feature gptkb:Canadian_Raising
gptkb:Canadian_Shift
multicultural influences
distinctive intonation patterns
use of 'eh'
distinctive vowel pronunciation
lexical influence from Caribbean English
lexical influence from East Asian languages
lexical influence from South Asian English
slang from immigrant communities
use of 'bare' for 'a lot'
use of 'bucktee' as insult
use of 'dun know' for 'of course'
use of 'ends' for 'neighbourhood'
use of 'fam' for 'friend'
use of 'gyal' for 'girl'
use of 'mandem' for 'group of men'
use of 'mans' as pronoun
use of 'pre' for 'look at'
use of 'roadman' for 'streetwise person'
use of 'sus' for 'suspicious'
use of 'ting' for 'girl'
use of 'ting' for 'object'
use of 'ting' for 'thing'
use of 'wallahi' as oath
use of 'wasteman' as insult
use of 'yute' for 'youth'
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Toronto English
gptkbp:languageFamily English
gptkbp:region gptkb:Ontario
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Toronto
gptkb:Greater_Toronto_Area
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ontario_English
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7