NYC English · New Yorkese
The English of New York City and surrounding areas. Marked by the famous tense-lax split of short-a, raised /ɔ/, and (historically) non-rhoticity.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 40.71°, -74.01°
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New York English vs Southern American English
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Southern Drawl
The dialects of the US South, characterised by the Southern Vowel Shift, the pin-pen merger, and a distinct lexical tradition.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 33.75°, -84.39°
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DialectNew York EnglishThe English of New York City and surrounding areas. Marked by the famous tense-lax split of short-a, raised /ɔ/, and (historically) non-rhoticity.DialectSouthern American EnglishThe dialects of the US South, characterised by the Southern Vowel Shift, the pin-pen merger, and a distinct lexical tradition.CompareAfrican American Vernacular English vs New York EnglishAtlasExplore the atlasRead the full picture of English and the dialects within it.