Lunenburg English

Lunenburg English
Lunenburg English
Native to	Canada
Region	Nova Scotia
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Ingvaeonic Anglo–Frisian Anglic English North American English Canadian English Atlantic Canadian English Lunenburg English; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Proto-Indo-European Proto-Germanic Proto-West Germanic Proto-English Old English Middle English Early Modern English Modern English ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

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