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Considered one of the major variations of the English language, Australian English is the official language of Australia, having originally deviated from British English in the 18th century, after the founding of the Colony of New South Wales. It has been recognised as being distinctive from British English for almost 200 years and emerged as European settlers from Britain, Ireland and Germany mixed with one another.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":51836,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9442],"tags":[6868,5702,5708],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAustralian English: Everything You Need To Know | Lingoda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Australian English takes features from both British and American English. 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