Lunenburg English

Lunenburg English
Lunenburg English
Native to	Canada
Region	Nova Scotia
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Ingvaeonic Anglo–Frisian Anglic English North American English and British English Canadian English Atlantic Canadian English Lunenburg English; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Proto-Indo-European Proto-Germanic Proto-West Germanic Proto-English Old English Middle English Early Modern English Modern English ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

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Lunenburg English is a moribund, German-influenced dialect of English,^[1] spoken in the town of Lunenburg and Lunenburg County in the province of Nova Scotia. It is sometimes called "Lunenburg Dutch".^[2] The dialect shows unique features in pronunciation, e.g. unusual handling of rhotic consonants, in syntax and vocabulary, which portray the various sociohistorical influences.

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^ Wilson 1958, p. 1.

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[FOOTNOTEWilson19581-2] Wilson 1958, p. 1.

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