Quebec English

E942797

Quebec English is the variety of English spoken in the Canadian province of Quebec, shaped by strong French-language influence and distinct regional vocabulary and pronunciation.

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Label Occurrences
Quebec English canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
variety of English
coexistsWith Indigenous languages in Quebec
Quebec French NERFINISHED
other immigrant languages in Quebec
country Canada
differsFrom American English NERFINISHED
British English
General Canadian English NERFINISHED
Maritime English NERFINISHED
Ontario English NERFINISHED
governedBy Charter of the French Language (Bill 101) context NERFINISHED
language policies of Quebec
hasCharacteristic Canadian Raising of /aɪ/ and /aʊ/ in many speakers
French calques
French loanwords
code-switching with French
distinct regional pronunciation
distinct regional vocabulary
influence from Canadian English phonology
non-rhotic or variably rhotic pronunciation in some speakers
regional lexical items not common in other Canadian English dialects
strong French-language influence
hasDomain English-language media in Quebec
business and services in anglophone communities in Quebec
education in English-language schools in Quebec
influencedBy Canadian French NERFINISHED
French language
Quebec French NERFINISHED
ISO639-1Code en
ISO639-3Code eng
languageFamily Germanic languages
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
partOf English language
region Quebec NERFINISHED
spokenIn Canadian province of Quebec
subfamily West Germanic languages
usedAlongside French in daily life in Quebec
usedBy anglophone Quebecers
bilingual residents of Quebec
some allophone communities in Quebec
usedIn Eastern Townships NERFINISHED
Gatineau NERFINISHED
Montreal NERFINISHED
Quebec City NERFINISHED
West Island of Montreal NERFINISHED
varietyOf Canadian English NERFINISHED
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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

Atlantic Canadian English differsFrom Quebec English