Dialect levelling

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Dialect levelling is the means of a decreasement in the dialect differences. For example, in rural areas of Britain, although English is been widely spoken, however the pronunciation and grammar are very different. During the 20th century people have been moving into towns and cities, thus standardizing the English language.

Dialect levelling is apparently occurring in some African languages as well.

[edit] See also

• Koiné language
• Language convergence
• Dialect continuum
• Mutual intelligibility