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.
[count] : a way of pronouncing words that occurs among the people in a particular region or country. 1  Regional accents are common in the U.S. 2  She spoke with an American/English accent. 3  The tourist had a foreign accent.  He has a heavy/thick southern 1  accent. a slight/light/faint accent.  a French/German/Italian accent.