East Anglian English is a dialect of English spoken in
East Anglia. This easternmost area of
England was probably home to the first-ever form of language which can be called
English. East Anglian English has had a very considerable input into the formation of
Standard English, and contributed importantly to the development of
American English; it has also experienced
multilingualism on a remarkable scale. However, it has received little attention from the media and is not easily recognised by people from other parts of the UK. The
UEA linguist
Peter Trudgill has written at length about the Norfolk dialect in his work, and is a member of the
Friends of Norfolk Dialect group.