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 Hiberno-English
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The English of Ireland, shaped by long contact with Irish Gaelic. Distinctive grammar, intonation, and vocabulary set it apart from British and American varieties.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 53.35°, -6.26°
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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.DialectHiberno-EnglishThe English of Ireland, shaped by long contact with Irish Gaelic. Distinctive grammar, intonation, and vocabulary set it apart from British and American varieties.CompareAfrican American Vernacular English vs Appalachian EnglishAtlasExplore the atlasRead the full picture of English and the dialects within it.