English language in England
Overview of regional accents

English language in England

Section Title: Overview of regional accents
Table Section Text: None

Accent Name	Trudgill's Accent Region	Strongest Centre	very	few	cars	made	up	path	long	hill

Geordie	Northeast	Newcastle/Sunderland	/i/	/juː/	[ɒː]	[eː]	/ʊ/	/æ/ [a]	/ŋ/	[hɪl]

Yorkshire	Central and Lower North	Leeds/Bradford	/ɪ/	/juː/	[äː]	[eː]	/ʊ/	/æ/ [a]	/ŋ/	[ɪl]

Lancashire (traditional)	Central Lancashire	Rossendale	/ɪ/	/juː/	[aːɹ]	[eː]	/ʊ /	/æ/ [a]	/ŋg/	[ɪl]

Scouse	Merseyside	Liverpool	/i/	/juː/	[äː]	[eɪ]	/ʊ/	/æ/ [a]	/ŋg/	[ɪl]

Manchester	Northwest Midlands	Manchester/Salford	/ɪ/	/juː/	[äː]	[eɪ]	/ʊ/	/æ/ [a]	/ŋg/	[ɪl]

Brummie	West Midlands	Birmingham	/i/	/juː/	[ɑː]	[ʌɪ]	/ʊ/	/æ/ [a]	/ŋg/	[ɪl]

East Midlands	East, North, and South Midlands	Lincoln	/i/	/juː/	[ɑː]	[eɪ]	/ʊ/	/æ/ [a]	/ŋ/	[ɪl]

West Country	Southwest	Bristol/Plymouth	/i/	/juː/	[ɑːɹ]	[eɪ]	/ʌ/	/æ/ [æ]	/ŋ/	[ɪl]

East Anglian (traditional)	East Anglia	traditional Norfolk/Suffolk	/i/	/uː/	[aː]	[æɪ]	/ʌ/	/æ/ [æ]	/ŋ/	[(h)ɪl]

London/Estuary	Home Counties	Greater London	/i/	/juː/	[ɑː]	[eɪ~æɪ]	/ʌ/	/ɑː/	/ŋ/	[ɪo]

RP (modern)	/i/	/juː/	[ɑː]	[eɪ]	/ʌ/	/ɑː/	/ŋ/	[hɪl]

Sentence(s)

The West Midlands area has a Birmingham accent ("Brummie").

final_sentence: The West Midlands area has a Birmingham accent ("Brummie").