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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
Canadian English
Multicultural Toronto English
Early forms
Old English
Middle English
Early Modern English
Writing system
Latin (English alphabet)
Sources
Jamaican Patois, Arabic, and Somali
Language codes
ISO 639-3
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Multicultural Toronto English (MTE) is a multi-ethnic dialect of Canadian English used in the Greater Toronto Area, particularly among young non-white working-class speakers.[1][2][3] Emerging in the early 1990s and first documented in linguistic research in the late 2010s and early 2020s,[4][5][1] 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.[6] It is spoken specifically within the Greater Toronto Area, Hamilton, Barrie, and Ottawa.[7][8]
^ abDenis, 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.
^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.
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