Sound Comparisons: Accents of English from Around the World, jointly managed by the University of Edinburgh and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, allows learners of English to hear and compare the accents of English speakers from different language regions in the world.
Features:
• 7 language regions: English and Scots Historical, England and Wales (South and Midlands), England (North), Scotland and Ireland, North America, Rest of the World, and Other Germanic Languages
• Each region represented by a standard set of 110 common English words
• Phonetic transcripts provided for all pronunciations
Site URL: http://www.soundcomparisons.com/