The Cork accent, part of the Southwest dialect of Hiberno-English, displays various features which set it apart from other accents in Ireland. Patterns of tone and intonation often rise and fall, with the overall tone tending to be more high-pitched than other Irish accents. English spoken in Cork has a number of dialect words that are peculiar to the city and environs. Like standard Hiberno-English, some of these words originate from the Irish language, but others through other languages Cork's inhabitants encountered <answer>at home and abroad</answer>. The Cork accent displays varying degrees of rhoticity, usually depending on the social-class of the speaker.
Where did Cork get pieces of its language from?
at home and abroad