Cardiff English
| Cardiff English | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Cardiff, United Kingdom |
| Region | Port Talbot |
| Latin (English alphabet) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
Cardiff English is a variety of Welsh English, as spoken in and around the city of Cardiff, and is somewhat distinctive in Wales, compared with other Welsh dialects. The pitch of the Cardiff accent is described as somewhat lower than that of Received Pronunciation, whereas its intonation is closer to accents of England rather than Wales.
It is estimated that around 500,000 people speak Cardiff English. The dialect is generally limited to inside the city's northern boundary, rather than the nearby South Wales Valleys where the spoken variety of English is different. However, the dialect area spreads east and west of the city's political borders, covering much of the former counties of South Glamorgan (Barry) and south-west Gwent, including Newport and coastal Monmouthshire.
The dialect developed distinctively as the city grew in the nineteenth century, with an influx of migrants from different parts of Britain and further afield. The Cardiff accent and the dialect's vocabulary has been influenced in particular by those who moved there from the English Midlands, the West Country, other parts of Wales, and Ireland. The Survey of English Dialects did not cover Cardiff but it did survey nearby Newport and six small villages in Monmouthshire.