Lunenburg English
Moribund English dialect of Nova Scotia, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lunenburg English is a moribund, German-influenced dialect of English,[1] spoken in the town of Lunenburg and Lunenburg County in the province of Nova Scotia. It is sometimes called "Lunenburg Dutch".[2] The dialect shows unique features in pronunciation, e.g. unusual handling of rhotic consonants, in syntax and vocabulary, which portray the various sociohistorical influences.
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