So I understand that people from different countries will speak English differently. But how does it work with north / south of a country? Or even districts – like Brooklyn accent?
In my country we don’t have accents. Everyone speaks the same. How come in English people from Yorkshire speak different than people from London?
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What country are you from that has no local/regional dialects, and how many speakers does your language have? Languages are “living” constructs; meaning, pronunciation and usage changes to serve a purpose. A Brooklyn accent evolved because population of Brooklyn was different than the population of say New Jersey; different immigrant groups came at a different time, worked and communicated between each other, and by adopting certain forms and rejecting others, developed something that can be considered a local dialect. Unless you speak Latin and live in the Vatican, or are from Monaco and a native Monégasque speaker, I highly doubt your language has no regional differentiation.
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