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Dialects

Choose a geographic region from the list below.

Africa

  • Eastern
  • Middle
  • Northern
  • Southern
  • Western

Asia

  • Central
  • Eastern
  • Northern
  • Southern
  • Southeastern
  • Western

Oceania / Caribbean

  • Australia
  • Melanesia
  • Micronesia
  • New Zealand
  • Polynesia
  • Caribbean

EUROPE

  • Eastern
  • Northern
  • Southern
  • Western

North America

  • Bermuda
  • Canada
  • Greenland
  • Mexico
  • United States of America

Central /
South America

  • Central America
  • South America


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About the Project

VADA is a video archive of English-language accents and dialects gathered from around the globe, providing visual information on language sound pronunciation for the theater community.

Contribute a Video or Comment

We need you! Learn how to submit a video or contribute your expertise to the Visual Accent and Dialect Archive.

Contributors

View a list of contributors to the VADA Project here.

Create videos

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  • Record a List of Words
  • Record a Passage

Voice, Speech, Accent, & Dialect Resources

  • The International Dialects of English Archive
  • Voice and Speech Trainers Association, Inc.
  • Glossonomia Podcast
  • The Speech and Accent Archive
  • Douglas Honorof
  • Dialect Map of American English
  • Accents of English from Around the World
  • British Library - Accents and Dialects
  • The Dialect Resource
  • Voice & Speech
  • IPA Chart for English Dialects
  • Howjasay
  • Forvo
  • Linklater Voice
  • The Linklater Center
  • Richard Armstrong Voice
  • Jean-Rene Toussaint
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