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 definition, accent meaning | English dictionary. accent. 3 a mark (such as ', Ë, ' or `) used in writing to indicate the stress or prominence of a syllable. 9 a distinctive characteristic of anything, such as taste, pattern, style, etc. 12 to mark with an accent in writing, speech, music, etc.