The English of the Appalachian mountains across West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and western North Carolina. Preserves several archaic Scotch-Irish features lost in other US varieties.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 38.35°, -81.63°
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Appalachian English vs Cajun English
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The English of the Cajun communities of southern Louisiana, descended from generations of French-English bilingualism. Distinguished by intonation, vowel realisations, and lexical borrowings from Cajun French.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 30.22°, -92.02°
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DialectAppalachian EnglishThe English of the Appalachian mountains across West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and western North Carolina. Preserves several archaic Scotch-Irish features lost in other US varieties.DialectCajun EnglishThe English of the Cajun communities of southern Louisiana, descended from generations of French-English bilingualism. Distinguished by intonation, vowel realisations, and lexical borrowings from Cajun French.CompareAfrican American Vernacular English vs Appalachian EnglishAtlasExplore the atlasRead the full picture of English and the dialects within it.