Toronto slang

Multicultural Toronto English
Multicultural Toronto English
Toronto slang/Toronto accent
Native to	Canada
Region	Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area
Ethnicity	Various (see Ethnic groups in Toronto)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic North Sea Germanic Anglo-Frisian Anglic North American English and British English Canadian English Multicultural Toronto English; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old English Middle English Early Modern English ; ;
Writing system	Latin (English alphabet)
Sources	Jamaican Patois, Arabic, English and Somali
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

Multicultural Toronto English (MTE) is a multi-ethnic dialect of Canadian English used in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), particularly among young non-White (non-Anglo) working-class speakers.^[1]^[2]^[3] First studied in linguistics research of the late 2010s and early 2020s,^[4]^[5]^[6] the dialect is popularly recognized by its phonology and lexicon, commonly known as the Toronto accent and Toronto slang, respectively. It is a byproduct of the city's multiculturalism, generally associated with Millennial and Gen Z populations in ethnically diverse districts of Toronto.^[7] It is also spoken outside of the GTA, in cities such as Hamilton, Barrie, and Ottawa.^[8]^[9]

^ Denis, Derek (5 October 2016). "A note on mans in Toronto". Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics. 37. doi:10.33137/twpl.v37i0.26973. ISSN 1718-3510. Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
^ Elango, Vidhya; Denis, Derek. "Variable BAN-laxing in Multicultural Toronto English" (PDF). (CLA) Canadian Linguistic Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
^ Denis, Derek; Elango, Vidhya; Kamal, Nur Sakinah Nor; Prashar, Srishti; Velasco, Maria (March 2023). "Exploring the Vowel Space of Multicultural Toronto English". Journal of English Linguistics. 51 (1): 30–65. doi:10.1177/00754242221145164. ISSN 0075-4242. S2CID 256723777.
^ Lomboy, Abigail (8 September 2016). "It's a Toronto Ting". Glossi Mag. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
^ Raza, Ali (17 July 2023). "Linguistics professor uncovering Toronto's unique style of English". Phys.org. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
^ Denis, Derek (5 October 2016). "A note on mans in Toronto". Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics. 37. doi:10.33137/twpl.v37i0.26973. ISSN 1718-3510. Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
^ Dhopade, Prajakta (15 October 2019). "Jagmeet Singh's secret weapon: The way he talks". Macleans. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
^ "21 Ottawa Slang Words You've Definitely Heard At Least Once". Narcity. 22 September 2017. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
^ Brown, Nikita (5 January 2018). "The Ultimate Guide to Brampton Slang". Bramptonist. Retrieved 15 April 2024.

[Denis_et_al_20162-1] Denis, Derek (5 October 2016). "A note on mans in Toronto". Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics. 37. doi:10.33137/twpl.v37i0.26973. ISSN 1718-3510. Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.

[2] Elango, Vidhya; Denis, Derek. "Variable BAN-laxing in Multicultural Toronto English" (PDF). (CLA) Canadian Linguistic Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2022.

[Denis_20232-3] Denis, Derek; Elango, Vidhya; Kamal, Nur Sakinah Nor; Prashar, Srishti; Velasco, Maria (March 2023). "Exploring the Vowel Space of Multicultural Toronto English". Journal of English Linguistics. 51 (1): 30–65. doi:10.1177/00754242221145164. ISSN 0075-4242. S2CID 256723777.

[Toronto_Ting-4] Lomboy, Abigail (8 September 2016). "It's a Toronto Ting". Glossi Mag. Retrieved 15 April 2024.

[Raza_2023-5] Raza, Ali (17 July 2023). "Linguistics professor uncovering Toronto's unique style of English". Phys.org. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

[Denis_et_al_2016-6] Denis, Derek (5 October 2016). "A note on mans in Toronto". Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics. 37. doi:10.33137/twpl.v37i0.26973. ISSN 1718-3510. Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.

[7] Dhopade, Prajakta (15 October 2019). "Jagmeet Singh's secret weapon: The way he talks". Macleans. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

[Ottawa_Slang-8] "21 Ottawa Slang Words You've Definitely Heard At Least Once". Narcity. 22 September 2017. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.

[Ultimate_Guide-9] Brown, Nikita (5 January 2018). "The Ultimate Guide to Brampton Slang". Bramptonist. Retrieved 15 April 2024.

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