Dialect comparison

Cajun English vs Eastern New England English

Compare two dialects of English side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Cajun English

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.

Approximate centre
30.22°, -92.02°
Eastern New England English

Boston English

The traditional English of Boston and eastern New England. Non-rhotic in conservative speech, with the cot-caught merger and the famously Boston-broad short-a.

Approximate centre
42.36°, -71.06°

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