MLE

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MLE is a contemporary urban dialect of English spoken primarily by young people in London, characterized by influences from Caribbean, African, South Asian, and other immigrant languages.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
MLE canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf multiethnolect ⓘ
sociolect ⓘ
urban dialect ⓘ
variety of English ⓘ
associatedWith UK rap and drill scenes ⓘ
grime music scene ⓘ
multicultural urban identity ⓘ
youth culture in London ⓘ
becameProminent early 21st century ⓘ
distinctFrom Received Pronunciation ⓘ
traditional Cockney ⓘ
emerged late 20th century ⓘ
fullName Multicultural London English ⓘ
hasFeature distinct intonation patterns ⓘ
innovative slang vocabulary ⓘ
innovative vowel pronunciations ⓘ
lexical items from Caribbean and African varieties ⓘ
lexical items from South Asian languages ⓘ
reduced diphthongs ⓘ
use of discourse markers like "innit" ⓘ
use of quotatives like "be like" ⓘ
influencedBy African English varieties ⓘ
Arabic ⓘ
Caribbean English ⓘ
Cockney ⓘ
Jamaican Patois ⓘ
South Asian languages ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ
West African languages ⓘ
other immigrant community languages ⓘ
influences youth speech outside London ⓘ
languageFamily Germanic languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
partOf English language ⓘ
primaryRegion Greater London ⓘ
register informal ⓘ
researchedBy linguists ⓘ
researchedFor effects of immigration on language ⓘ
language change in urban settings ⓘ
spokenIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

United Kingdom ⓘ
spreadsTo other UK cities ⓘ
studiedInField contact linguistics ⓘ
sociolinguistics ⓘ
urban linguistics ⓘ
subfamily West Germanic languages ⓘ
typicalSpeakersAgeGroup adolescents and young adults ⓘ
usedBy ethnically diverse communities ⓘ
working-class youth ⓘ
young people in London ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Multicultural London English → alsoKnownAs → MLE ⓘ