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  2. Newfoundland English - Wikipedia

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    Newfoundland English is any of several accents and dialects of Atlantic Canadian English found in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Most of these differ substantially from the English commonly spoken elsewhere in Canada and North America. The dialects that comprise Newfoundland English developed because of Newfoundland's history and ...

  3. Newfoundland and Labrador - Wikipedia

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    Newfoundland and Labrador's Inuttitut / Inuktitut name is Ikkarumikluak aamma Nunatsuak. Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador is the French name used in the Constitution of Canada. However, French is not widely spoken in Newfoundland and Labrador and is not an official language at the provincial level.

  4. Language policies of Canada's provinces and territories

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    Today, Newfoundland is the most linguistically homogeneous province in Canada. In 1999, 98% of the population spoke only English as their sole mother tongue. [33] The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has no statutory language policy, simply having inherited

  5. Atlantic Canadian English - Wikipedia

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    Atlantic Canadian English is a class of Canadian English dialects spoken in Atlantic Canada that is notably distinct from Standard Canadian English. [1] It is composed of Maritime English (or Maritimer English) and Newfoundland English.

  6. Irish language in Newfoundland - Wikipedia

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    Some Irish immigrants to Newfoundland moved on, and many others were part of an annual seasonal migration between Ireland and Newfoundland. Most landed in the Newfoundland ports of St. John's and Harbour Grace, and many moved on to smaller outports on the coast of the Avalon Peninsula. By the 1780s, the Irish had become the dominant ethnic ...

  7. Languages of Canada - Wikipedia

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    Although steep declines around the 20th century meant that the Irish language on the Island hardly remains, there exists today strong interest with consistent efforts to revive the language. Newfoundland Irish has left an impact on the English spoken on the Island, including terms like scrob "scratch" (Irish scríob), sleveen "rascal" (Irish ...

  8. Demographics of Newfoundland and Labrador - Wikipedia

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    Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Density 2016. Newfoundland and Labrador is a province of Canada on the country's Atlantic coast in northeastern North America.The province has an area of 405,212 square kilometres (100,130,000 acres) and a population in 2024 of 545,880, with approximately 95% of the provincial population residing on the Island of Newfoundland (including its associated smaller ...

  9. Canadian Gaelic - Wikipedia

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    Gaels, and their language and culture, have influenced the heritage of Glengarry County and other regions in present-day Ontario, where many Highland Scots settled commencing in the 18th century, and to a much lesser extent the provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador (especially the Codroy Valley), Manitoba and Alberta.

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