American dialects (America Done Right)


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The dialects of the Commonwealth of America or simply American dialects are multiple dialects of the English language located in the Commonwealth of America.

History
In 1840, there were around 10 dialects of English: New Englander, New York, Iroquoian, Pennsylvanian, Nysvensk, Virginian, Canadian, Newfoundlander, Appalachian, Louisianan and Floridian. The dialects were formed around the 1670s when the English would encourage people from other nations such as Germany, Scandinavia and the Netherlands. Several settlers would also mix with several Native American groups and their languages. Eventually, these would mix with English forming new dialects.

Today there are more than 20 dialects spoken in Canada and the United States.

English-based

 * New Englander: Created by Irish, Ulster Scots, and Northeastern English settlers, the language sounds partially akin to a mix of the Geordie dialect with Ulster Scots. Speakers of the dialect are concentrated in the New England region, in parts of Manitoba and in Eastern New York.
 * New Yorker: An English-based dialect spoken in Central and Southern New York, including New York City. The language's dictionary is composed of English and Dutch words with loanwords from German and Lenape. WNET airs programming in the dialect.
 * Town dialect: A sub-dialect of the New Yorker dialect spoken in New York City. The language is more heavily influenced by Virginian-Midwestern American English.
 * Iroquoian: A dialect based on English, the language is a mixture of Iroquoian words with the sound inventory and dictionary of English and some Dutch loanwords. It is spoken mainly in Northern New York. The dialect is nearing extinction, but PBS in Iroquoien has committed to preserving it.
 * Pennsylvanian: A dialect formed by German (mostly Swiss and Mennonite) and Central English settlers. Their dialect is a mixture of Midlands English, Swiss German and to some extent Wymysorys and Irish. Speakers of the dialect are concentrated in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, northern Virginia and Maryland and Georgeland.
 * Nysvensk: An English-based dialect made by Swedish and English settlers, with some Swedes being from the colony of New Sweden and others originating from Gotland and Svealand. Their dialect is a mixture of English, Swedish, some of the native languages and some German (although it can simply be defined as a mixture of Swedish and English). The language is spoken in Maryland, Delaware and parts of New Jersey and in Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
 * Virginian: This dialect along with Midwesterner (see below) forms the basis for American English. The dialect is mostly made up of English and some Pennsylvanian German and Irish, although it sounds more akin to British English in terms of spelling, making it the most recognizable dialect to the British. Parts of America where the language is spoken include Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia and parts of Illinois.
 * Canadian: The signature Canadian dialect, it is formed from various English dialects, Quebec French and bits of Abenaki and Ojibwe. It is spoken mainly in Canada and, in the United States proper, in most of Ohio and Michigan and in parts of New York.
 * Quebecois: An offshoot of the Canadian dialect spoken in English-speaking Quebec. Noticeably it has more French influence. Vulgar Quebecois English also uses sacres (profanities borrowed from Catholic liturgical terms) borrowed from Quebec French.
 * Newfoundlander: Sometimes classified as a subgroup of Canadians and other times as a separate subgroup, they are created from English and Danish settlers and the native Beothuks and Naskapi. Their dialect combines the Southern English dialect and "pirate" lexicon with Canadian English and loanwords from Danish. It is mostly spoken in Newfoundland and some border areas with Quebec.
 * Maritimer: Like Newfoundlander English above, this dialect can be classified as either a subdialect of Canadian English or a separate dialect. The language is composed of Canadian English with random words from Irish Gaelic and Breton and the Scottish English variety.
 * Albertan: Spoken in both Alberta and Saskatchewan, it is a spinoff of Canadian English, with notably more German influence and the pronunciations from Welsh English.
 * Appalachian: Made up of English and Scottish settlers, their resulting dialect is mostly made from Northern English dialects, Scots, and Scottish Gaelic. It is spoken in parts of Virginia (most notably the city of Bristol), Ohio, Kentucky, Franklinia, and parts of Georgeland and Mississippi. They also reside within urban areas such as Detroit and Baltimore.
 * Afromerican: Spoken by the African-American community, the language is based on Virginian English but inherits loanwords and fragments of its sound inventory from West and Central African languages, most notably Akan and Yoruba, as well as Caribbean dialects. It is more formally known as African-American Vernacular English. It is spoken mostly in Black neighborhoods within urban areas such as New York, Chicago and Detroit.
 * Louisianan: An English dialect (which sounds slightly closer to a creole), its lexicon is mostly borrowed from British English and Cajun French, although Floridian English, Spanish and some Louisiana Creole loanwords are present. The language is concentrated in Louisiana and Mississippi.
 * Floridian: A dialect of English evolved from American English, it is heavily influenced by Virginian and Louisianan English with Spanish and Afromerican loanwords present.
 * Midwesterner: The other dialect which forms the main basis of American English, it is based upon the Virginian English dialect and Algonquin with heavy influence from Rhenish German, Swiss German, Bavarian and Walser among other dialects of German.
 * Minnesotan: One of three spinoffs of the Midwesterner dialect, it is mostly influenced by Norwegian.
 * Upper Peninsula Michiganian: The second offshoot of Midwesterner English, which takes influences and loanwords from Norwegian, Swedish, Cornish and the Canadian version of French. The dialect is spoken in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and is commonly known as Yooper.
 * Missouri Franglish: Although a hybrid language similar to Taglish and Canadian Franglish, it is still considered an English dialect. The language alternates between Virginian-Midwestern English and Louisianan Cajun French.
 * The two Texan dialects:
 * North Texan: An offshoot of the South Texan dialect (see below), it is a variety of South Texan that has less Spanish loanwords and inherits more loanwords from German.
 * South Texan: The original Texan dialect, it is a mixture of American English and Mexican Spanish.
 * Deseret: Spoken mostly in Utah, it is a mixture of Cascadian English (see below) with some Spanish and loanwords from Paiute.
 * Arizonan: Considered often as an offshoot of South Texan, it is very similar to the North Texan dialect, although with Hopi loanwords and Californian pronounciation.
 * Californian: The most recognized American dialect (although overshadowed by Virginian-Midwestern American English due to being more spoken) due to featuring in Hollywood films, it is spoken primarily in the state of California, but also in neighboring Utah. Although based primarily upon Virginian-Midwestern English and United States Spanish, it takes loanwords from Tagalog, French and Vietnamese.
 * Cascadian: The most modernized of all the dialects (close to slang), it is based upon the Californian and Canadian dialects with words borrowed from Japanese, Chinese, Tagalog and Chinook Jargon. Due to the heavy Japanese influence, it has been colloquially referred to as "weebspeak" (although derived from "dweebspeak", a slang term for conservatist terminology, the "weeb-" prefix is a shortening of "weeaboo" which itself is a derogatory term for a fan of Japanese anime). The language is spoken in the Pacific Northwest, including the states of Cascadia and British Columbia.
 * Alaskan: Spoken in the state of Alaska, it is a mixture of the Canadian and American English dialects with Russian and some Serbian.