Traditional Dialect of Essex


The East Anglian dialects, Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk were fairly similar. Today the accent of the southern half of Essex is Estuary English, a development of the London accent.

1. brudhdha    brother        1.           1.   
2. sista    sister        2.           2.   
3. sunn    son        3.           3.   
4. dahta    daughter        4.           4.   
5. fahdha    father                  5.   
6. mudhdha    mother        1. Sunndy    Sunday        6.   
          2.           7.   
1. spring    spring        3.             
2. summa    summer        4.           1. oi am    I am


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