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Quebec English
Region
Quebec, Canada
Ethnicity
English-speaking Quebecers
Native speakers
640,000-1.1 million (L1) ~4.3 million (L2)
Language family
Indo-European
Germanic
West Germanic
Ingvaeonic
Anglo-Frisian
Anglic
English
North American English
Quebec English
Early forms
Old English
Middle English
Early Modern English
Writing system
Latin (English alphabet) Unified English Braille[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3
–
Glottolog
cana1268
IETF
en-u-sd-caqc
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Quebec English encompasses the English dialects (both native and non-native) of the predominantly French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec.[2] There are few distinctive phonological features and very few restricted lexical features common among English-speaking Quebecers. The native English speakers in Quebec generally align to Standard Canadian English, one of the largest and most relatively homogeneous dialects in North America. This standard English accent is common in Montreal, where the vast majority of Quebec's native English speakers live. English-speaking Montrealers have, however, established ethnic groups that retain certain lexical features: Irish, Jewish, Italian, and Greek communities that all speak discernible varieties of English. Isolated fishing villages on the Basse-Côte-Nord of Quebec speak Newfoundland English, and many Gaspesian English-speakers use Maritime English. Francophone speakers of Quebec (including Montreal) also have their own second-language English that incorporates French accent features, vocabulary, etc. Finally, the Kahnawake Mohawks of south shore Montreal and the Cree and Inuit of Northern Quebec speak English with their own distinctive accents, usage, and expressions from their indigenous languages.
^"History of Braille (UEB)". Braille Literacy Canada. 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
^Ingrid Peritz, "Quebec English elevated to dialect," Montreal Gazette, 20 August 1997
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