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Which languages each generator says it supports, and where

Accent: pronunciation without a different vocabulary

An accent is how a language is pronounced. Unlike a dialect it does not bring different vocabulary or grammar with it, so an accent count can be many times a language count without describing any new market. As of 2026-09-22.

Three levels of variation, and what each changesAn accent changes pronunciation only. A dialect changes vocabulary and sometimes grammar. A language changes all of it. A subtitle file differs for the second and third and not at all for the first.AccentDialectPronunciationChangesChangesVocabularyUnchangedChangesGrammarUnchangedSometimes changesA subtitle fileIdenticalDiffersAn accent count grows fastest where a vendor invested in depth
Fig. 1 Any figure that mentions accents is therefore a figure about dubbing rather than about subtitled releases.
Accent, dialect and language, on what each one changes. Recorded 2026-09-22.
What changesAccentDialectLanguage
PronunciationYesYesYes
VocabularyNoYesYes
GrammarNoSometimesYes
A subtitle file would differNoYesYes

Inclusion rule. Three levels of language variation, compared on what each one changes in a finished production. Order. Narrowest level first.

1Accents multiply a figure without extending it

One language with five accents is five voices and one market. A figure counting accents therefore grows fastest exactly where a vendor has invested in depth rather than breadth, which is the opposite of what a reader assumes.

One vendor here states a figure of languages and accents together. That is more candid than most and immediately makes the number incomparable with any figure counting languages, which is worth knowing before reading either.

2For a series, accents are a casting variable

Within one language, characters from different places should not all sound the same. A voice inventory with several accents per language lets a production cast that way; one with a single voice per language does not.

No vendor in this register publishes a per-language accent breakdown. So the one property that would let a producer plan a cast across a season is exactly the property the published figures conceal.

3Subtitles do not carry it and dubbing does

An accent changes nothing in a subtitle file, which is why a subtitled release is insensitive to it and a dubbed one is not. Any figure about accents is therefore a figure about dubbing.

That is a useful sorting rule when reading a vendor page. A claim mentioning accents belongs in the voice column; a claim about translated text does not, whatever number sits beside it.

A definition, not a measurement: no vendor figure appears here that is not also in the register. The register keeps subtitle claims out of the voice column for this reason.

Nearby terms: Dialect, Variant. The whole vocabulary is at terms; nothing on this page is a claim about a named product.