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I don't know, but it must be hundreds. Even within small areas there can be many different accents. Seven miles from me there is a village with a different accent, and seventeen miles in the opposite direction another which sounds different again, so over the entire UK this must be replicated many, many times.
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As Sid says, there are hundreds. Wiki has a fairly good article, 'Regional accents of English' that covers the main groups, (and also English speaking areas outside the UK) but for a detailed account you will need a specialist book or website. Sadly, the broad spectrum of accents is declining and has been for almost a century, due mostly to population drift and the influence of the media.
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There are so many Cities towns and villages in the UK and all have different local dialects.It is possible to know which county someone is from,but then all the towns in that county speak slightly differently.In my area alone there are five towns within eight miles of each other and they all have their own dialect.
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Nearly as many as there are outside the UK
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Just found this,and it is said in the accent of someone from Oldham Lancashire England c1815. Oi'm a poor cotton-weyver, as mony a one knoowas*, Oi've nout for t'year, an' oi've word eawt my clooas, Yo'ad hardly gi' tuppence for aw as oi've on, My clogs are both brosten, an stuckings oi've none, Yu'd think it wur hard, To be browt into th' warld, To be clemmed, an' do th' best as yo' con. I am a poor cotton weaver, as many a one knows, I have nothing for the year, and I have worn out my clothes. You would have hardly given two pence for all I have on, My clogs are both broken,and stockings I have none, You would think it were hard, To be brought into the world, To be starved and do the best as you can.
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Take the UK population, divide by 2 and subtract 1. That's a reasonable approximation.
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