Dialect Map Of The Us
The map and list below show the major and a few minor geographic dialects and subdialects of english spoken in the united states.
Dialect map of the us. Dialect maps that though made just for an end of year project for one of his classes inadvertently set the social internet ablaze after finding their way onto reddit and then business insider. Although the united states does not have an official language the most commonly used language is english specifically american english which is the de facto national language many other languages are also spoken in the united states especially spanish these include indigenous languages languages brought to the country by colonists enslaved people and immigrants from europe africa and asia. In a historical sense the term dialect is. Words like patio and plaza became.
Mexican dialects of spanish infuse southwestern english though the region is still what delaney calls a melting pot of other dialects. These are shown in blue each with its number on the map and in the dialect description chart below and are also outlined with blue lines on the map. The advantage of using a logarithmic scale is that this difference remains discernible on the map not just for these two extremes but for all of the other not very widely spoken languages in between. The graduate student in statistics at north carolina state university created a series of u s.
Listen to accents and dialects of the united states for free from idea the world s leading online archive of dialects and accents. By contrast the shona language is estimated to be spoken at home by a total of only 9510 people. A survey of more than 30 000 people turned into a series of maps showcase the linguistic quirks that make american english such a fascinating dialect. American dialects come in many flavors.
Many of these may be further subdivided into local subdialects that are not shown here. The complete set of katz s maps updated with the results from over 350 000 new survey responses are compiled in the new book speaking american out october 25 from houghton mifflin harcourt. There is far less accent variation in canada australia and large parts of the united states. Frequently the label dialect or dialectal is attached to substandard speech language usage that deviates from the accepted norm e g the speech of many of the heroes of mark twain s novels.