British Columbia English

E300795
dialect of English regional variety of Canadian English

British Columbia English is a regional variety of Canadian English spoken in the province of British Columbia, characterized by distinct pronunciation, vocabulary, and influences from Indigenous and immigrant languages.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
British Columbia English canonical 1
Interior British Columbia English 1
Vancouver English 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect of English ⓘ
regional variety of Canadian English ⓘ
associatedWith contact with Salishan languages ⓘ
contact with Wakashan languages ⓘ
multicultural urban speech in Vancouver ⓘ
consideredPartOf Western Canadian English ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
hasFeature /æ/ tensing before nasals ⓘ
Canadian Shift in short front vowels ⓘ
Canadian raising of /aɪ/ and /aʊ/ ⓘ
cot–caught merger ⓘ
fronted realization of /uː/ ⓘ
regional slang associated with cannabis culture ⓘ
regional slang associated with outdoor recreation and skiing ⓘ
relatively weak Canadian raising compared to some other regions ⓘ
rhotic pronunciation ⓘ
use of Canadian lexical items such as "loonie" and "toonie" ⓘ
use of Canadian lexical items such as "runners" for athletic shoes ⓘ
use of Canadian lexical items such as "washroom" ⓘ
use of discourse marker "eh" ⓘ
use of discourse marker "right" sentence-finally ⓘ
use of intensifier "super" in informal speech ⓘ
vocabulary related to coastal geography and climate ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom American English ⓘ
British English ⓘ
Chinook Jargon ⓘ
Immigrant languages in British Columbia ⓘ
Indigenous languages of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Indigenous languages of British Columbia
hasPhonologySimilarTo Western American English ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Northwest English

Western Canadian English ⓘ
hasVariationWithin British Columbia English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Interior British Columbia English

British Columbia English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vancouver English

British Columbia English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vancouver Island English
languageBranch Germanic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
languageSubbranch West Germanic languages ⓘ
partOf Canadian English ⓘ
regionType coastal English variety ⓘ
spokenIn British Columbia ⓘ
Vancouver ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ
studiedInField dialectology ⓘ
sociolinguistics ⓘ
timePeriod modern English ⓘ
usedIn education in British Columbia ⓘ
government in British Columbia ⓘ
media in British Columbia ⓘ
usesStandard Canadian spelling ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Chinook Jargon → hasLoanwordsIn → British Columbia English ⓘ
British Columbia English → hasVariationWithin → British Columbia English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vancouver English
British Columbia English → hasVariationWithin → British Columbia English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interior British Columbia English
British Columbia English → hasVariationWithin → British Columbia English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vancouver Island English