Australian English
Down Under speech
Australian English is the variety of English spoken in Australia, distinguished by its characteristic accent, vocabulary, and idioms.
It features distinctive slang—arvo for afternoon, servo for service station, brekkie for breakfast—and a tendency toward diminutives and informal register.
The accent differs notably from British and American English, though Australian English remains mutually intelligible with both.
- accentRegional speech pattern
- slangInformal in-group vocabulary
- indigenous languagesSpeech native to a region
- fair goJust opportunity for all
- footyInformal term for soccer
vocab · dialect · pronunciation · colloquialisms · drop bear · diminutives · mateship · tall poppy syndrome · lingo · she'll be right · thongs · creolization · outback · mozzies · sheila · idiom · brekkie · esky
Australian EnglishBritish English
UK's native dialect
American English · Queen's English · King's English · BBC English · Standard English
English, Australia, Aussie, Australian, Australians, Aussies, Austronesian, Australasia, Australasian