<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article contains IPA phonetic symbols . Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters . For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help: IPA . </Td> </Tr> <P> Australian English (AuE, en - AU) is a major variety of the English language, used throughout Australia . Although English has no official status in the Constitution, Australian English is the country's national and de facto official language as it is the first language of the majority of the population . </P> <P> Australian English began to diverge from British English after the arrival of the First Settlers who set up the Colony of New South Wales in 1788 . Their dialect was recognised as being different from British English by 1820 . It arose from the intermingling of early settlers from a great variety of mutually intelligible dialectal regions of the British Isles and quickly developed into a distinct variety of English, which differs considerably from other varieties of English in vocabulary, accent, pronunciation, register, grammar and spelling . </P> <P> The earliest form of Australian English was spoken by the children of the colonists born into the colony of New South Wales . This first generation of children created a new dialect that was to become the language of the nation . The Australian - born children in the new colony were exposed to a wide range of dialects from all over the British Isles, in particular from Ireland and South East England . </P>

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