Why would they have same accents?
2007-08-03 07:29:40
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answered by Anonymous
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Why do languages develop different accents?
Human nature. In all sorts of ways, we behave like those we mix with. We are members of social groups, and within our social group we like to behave in similar ways and show that we belong. We do this in language as well as in other ways (e.g. what we wear, what we eat).
When groups become distinct, the way they speak becomes distinct too. This happens socially and geographically, but is easiest to illustrate by geographical differences. If a single group splits into two (imagine that one half goes to Island A and one half to Island B), then once they have separated, their accents will change over time, but not in the same way, so that after just one generation the accent of Island A will be different from the accent of Island B. If they stay completely separated for centuries, their dialects may become so different that we will start wanting to say they are speaking two different languages.
Humans like to travel. Since humans left their place of origin in East Africa, more than 100,000 years ago, they have spread all over the world. And they have moved in waves in some places, mixing with, or conquering, people who were there earlier. One of the last places humans reached was New Zealand, which Polynesian people (now known as 'Maoris') settled in in the fourteenth century (CE), joined by Europeans four hundred years later. English developed in England as a result of people moving to England from across the North Sea in the fifth century (CE) -- they were at least the fourth major wave of humans to reach the island of Britain, and the descendants of the previous waves were still there when they arrived to mix with them. In modern times (the last 400 years) the activities of aggressive and acquisitive Europeans has resulted in them moving all over the world and taking their languages (especially English, Spanish,
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2007-08-03 07:36:23
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answered by Indiana Frenchman 7
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Regions pick up different diolects. I'm not really sure where they originally get them but it's the areas influence on speech habbits. If you stay around people of a certain accent long enough you will start to pick it up yourself. Military men and women are funny, they sound from so many different places at once because of the vast mixes within one stationing.
2007-08-03 07:32:54
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answered by ~Les~ 6
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They speak different languages natively, and each language has its own set of syllables and sounds. When they try to speak another language, they end up approximating the sounds of the other language by using the sounds they are familiar with. Hence someone from Germany will pronounce English words differently than someone from Russia, for example.
2007-08-03 07:29:48
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answered by lithiumdeuteride 7
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Different accents come from the class system, for example cockney accents come from poorer people and posh accents come from richer people, I hope this helps!
2007-08-03 07:30:12
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answered by Leo R 3
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the answer is in your own question my dear.... they have different accents exactly becuase they are from all over the world!
2007-08-03 07:30:57
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answered by miss sunshine 3
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because everyone speaks a different language and every language has a different tone to it.
2007-08-03 07:29:57
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answered by clara 3
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Different languages sound different. Didn't you know that?
2007-08-03 08:25:30
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answered by Renaissance Man 5
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early in time they probely had'nt invented boats
2007-08-03 09:33:10
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answered by tugboat 4
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hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
2007-08-04 02:58:05
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answered by louise kelly 1
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