British English

E10113

dialect standard language variety variety of English

British English is the variety of the English language spoken and written in the United Kingdom, characterized by its own standard spelling, vocabulary, and pronunciation conventions.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
British English canonical	45
British English (due to British colonial period)	1
British English varieties	1
King's English	1
UK English	1
Welsh English	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dialect ⓘ standard language variety ⓘ variety of English ⓘ
contrastsWithSpelling	center ⓘ color ⓘ organize ⓘ realize ⓘ theater ⓘ traveling ⓘ
contrastsWithVocabulary	apartment ⓘ gasoline ⓘ truck ⓘ trunk (of a car) ⓘ vacation ⓘ
differsFrom	American English ⓘ Australian English ⓘ Canadian English ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	British English ⓘ surface form: UK English UK spelling ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	distinct pronunciation patterns from American English ⓘ distinct spelling conventions from American English ⓘ distinct vocabulary from American English ⓘ
hasPronunciationFeature	/ɑː/ in words like "bath" in many accents ⓘ non-rhoticity in many accents ⓘ
hasRegionalVariety	Brummie ⓘ Cockney ⓘ Estuary English ⓘ Geordie ⓘ Received Pronunciation ⓘ Liverpool ⓘ surface form: Scouse
hasSpellingAuthority	Cambridge Dictionary ⓘ Collins English Dictionary ⓘ Oxford English Dictionary ⓘ
hasSpellingStandard	British spelling ⓘ
hasVocabularyItem	boot (of a car) ⓘ flat ⓘ holiday ⓘ lorry ⓘ petrol ⓘ
languageCodeVariant	en-GB ⓘ
spokenIn	United Kingdom ⓘ
usedAs	model for many Commonwealth English varieties ⓘ
usedIn	British education system ⓘ British media ⓘ UK government publications ⓘ
usesSpelling	centre ⓘ colour ⓘ organise ⓘ realise ⓘ theatre ⓘ travelling ⓘ
writtenIn	United Kingdom ⓘ

Referenced by (50)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American English → hasSpellingDifferenceFrom → British English ⓘ

American English → hasPronunciationDifferenceFrom → British English ⓘ

American English → hasGrammarDifferenceFrom → British English ⓘ

American English → influencedBy → British English ⓘ

Irish English → influencedBy → British English ⓘ

Indian English → developedFrom → British English ⓘ

South African English → closelyRelatedTo → British English ⓘ

South African English → historicallyInfluencedBy → British English ⓘ

New Zealand English → influencedBy → British English ⓘ

British Isles English → includesDialect → British English ⓘ

this entity surface form: Welsh English

Australasian English → sharesFeatureWith → British English ⓘ

Australian English → closelyRelatedTo → British English ⓘ

Australian English → influencedBy → British English ⓘ

British English → hasAlternativeName → British English ⓘ

this entity surface form: UK English

Canadian English → influencedBy → British English ⓘ

Cypriot Turkish → hasBorrowingsFrom → British English ⓘ

this entity surface form: British English (due to British colonial period)

Nancy → usedInLanguage → British English ⓘ

Virgin Islands Creole English → hasInfluenceFrom → British English ⓘ

Ryan → usedInLanguage → British English ⓘ

Cambridge Dictionary → focusesOnDialect → British English ⓘ

Llanito → hasLanguageFamilyComponent → British English ⓘ

Llanito → secondaryLexifier → British English ⓘ

English in the Solomon Islands → influencedBy → British English ⓘ

Newfoundland English → developedFrom → British English ⓘ

Maritime English → influencedBy → British English ⓘ

Collins English Dictionary → focusesOn → British English ⓘ

RP → hasAlternativeName → British English ⓘ

this entity surface form: King's English

BBC English → subtypeOf → British English ⓘ

Oxford English → dialectOf → British English ⓘ

Public School English → isSubsetOf → British English ⓘ

New England English → historicallyInfluencedBy → British English ⓘ

Vincentian Creole English → hasInfluenceFrom → British English ⓘ

Bajan Creole → influencedBy → British English ⓘ

"Old Lady" → usedIn → British English ⓘ

subject surface form: Old Lady

Black Country dialect → partOf → British English ⓘ

Modern English → hasVariety → British English ⓘ

Bahamian Creole English → hasInfluenceFrom → British English ⓘ

English in Uganda → influencedBy → British English ⓘ

Sri Lankan English → hasInfluenceFrom → British English ⓘ

Aidan → usage → British English ⓘ

Atlantic Canadian English → developedFrom → British English ⓘ

this entity surface form: British English varieties

The Pilgrim of Hate → languageRegion → British English ⓘ

West African Pidgin English → influencedBy → British English ⓘ

BBC Pronunciation Dictionary → varietyOfEnglish → British English ⓘ

British Columbia English → hasInfluenceFrom → British English ⓘ

Nigerian English → basedOn → British English ⓘ

Antiguan Creole English → influencedBy → British English ⓘ

Caribbean English → basedOn → British English ⓘ

Vincentian dialect → influencedBy → British English ⓘ

Bajan → hasSuperstrateLanguage → British English ⓘ