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.
accent noun [C] (WAY OF PRONOUNCING). âº the way in which âpeople in a âparticular âarea or âcountry âpronounce words: She âspoke with a âslight southern accent. âº An accent is also a âmark written or âprinted over a âletter to show how to âpronounce it. Pay â attention to the accents on the words, because they show you how to â pronounce them. 2  Francoise franÃ§oise â is spelled with an-accent â a-cedilla on 'the'. 3  C there is an accent called â an umlaut in â The german 'Word', gebauede â gebaÃ¼de 'â which '.  means building