Australian English
E8081
Australian English is the variety of the English language spoken in Australia, characterized by its distinctive accent, vocabulary, and some unique grammatical and spelling conventions.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Australian English canonical | 22 |
| Aussie | 1 |
| Australian Standard English | 1 |
| English Australian | 1 |
| English in Australia | 1 |
| Standard Australian English | 1 |
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
national variety of English ⓘ variety of English ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
British English
ⓘ
New Zealand English ⓘ |
| countryOfUse | Australia ⓘ |
| developedFrom | English spoken by British and Irish settlers in Australia ⓘ |
| differsFrom |
American English in spelling
ⓘ
American English in vocabulary ⓘ British English in pronunciation ⓘ |
| documentedIn | Macquarie Dictionary ⓘ |
| hasAccent |
Broad Australian accent
ⓘ
Cultivated Australian accent ⓘ General Australian accent ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
distinctive vowel system compared to British and American English
ⓘ
flapping of /t/ and /d/ between vowels ⓘ non-rhotic pronunciation ⓘ raising of /eɪ/ and /aɪ/ before voiceless consonants ⓘ use of high rising terminal intonation in some contexts ⓘ |
| hasGrammarFeature |
informal omission of subject pronouns in some spoken contexts
ⓘ
use of collective nouns with either singular or plural verb agreement ⓘ use of tag questions like eh and ay in some regions ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyFeature | frequent use of diminutives ending in -ie or -o ⓘ |
| hasRegulator | no official language academy ⓘ |
| hasSpellingConvention |
mixture of British and unique Australian spellings
ⓘ
preference for -ise over -ize in many words ⓘ use of -our endings instead of -or (e.g. colour) ⓘ use of -re endings instead of -er (e.g. centre) ⓘ use of double L in words like travelling ⓘ |
| hasStandardForm |
Australian English
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Standard Australian English
|
| hasVocabulary |
G’day
ⓘ
Maccas (for McDonald’s) ⓘ arvo ⓘ barbie (for barbecue) ⓘ bogan ⓘ bush ⓘ esky ⓘ fair dinkum ⓘ footy ⓘ mate ⓘ no worries ⓘ outback ⓘ servo ⓘ thongs (for flip-flops) ⓘ ute ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin | British English of the late 18th and 19th centuries ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aboriginal languages
ⓘ
American English (in some vocabulary and media) ⓘ British English ⓘ Irish English ⓘ |
| ISOCode | en-AU ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Germanic languages
ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ West Germanic languages ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Australian education system
ⓘ
Australian government and legal documents ⓘ Australian media ⓘ |
| usesScript | English alphabet ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
English in Australia
this entity surface form:
Standard Australian English
this entity surface form:
English Australian
subject surface form:
Maccas
this entity surface form:
Australian Standard English
this entity surface form:
Aussie
subject surface form:
Tracks
subject surface form:
Macquarie Dictionary