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 Eastern New England English
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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.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 42.36°, -71.06°
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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.DialectEastern New England EnglishThe 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.CompareAfrican American Vernacular English vs Appalachian EnglishAtlasExplore the atlasRead the full picture of English and the dialects within it.