Globally, the youth literacy rate increased from 83 per cent to 91 per cent over two decades, while the number of illiterate youth declined from 170 million to 115 million. Regional and gender disparities persist, however. Literacy is lowest in least developed countries and higher among males than females.
In sociolinguistics, an accent (/ËÃ¦ksáµ»nt/ or /-Ént/) is a manner of pronunciation peculiar to a particular individual, location, or nation.
Dialect vs. Accent. An accent is the way that particular person or group of people sound. Itâs the way somebody pronounces words, the musicality of their speech, etc. A dialect describes both a personâs accent and the grammatical features of the way that person talks.