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 English settlers, the language is a mixture of English and Irish. 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 a syncretism of English and Dutch words. WNET airs programming in the dialect.
 * 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 and northern areas of Oklahoma. 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 English, German and some Irish. Speakers of the dialect are concentrated in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, northern Virginia and Maryland and Georgia.
 * 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 mainstream 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 the Commonwealth where the language is spoken include Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia and parts of Illinois, and are widespread throughout the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic.
 * Ciscanadian: The signature Canadian dialect, it is a mixture of English and French. 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 cultural group, they are created from English and Danish settlers. Their dialect combines English and Danish with a bit of Irish. It is mostly spoken in Newfoundland and some border areas with Quebec.
 * Transcanadian: Spoken in Alberta, Athabasca and Assiniboia, it is a mixture of the Canadian and Virginian dialects with some German and Ukrainian.
 * 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 Georgia and Mississippi. They also reside within urban areas such as Detroit.
 * Afromerican: Spoken by the African-American community, primarily in major cities like New York, Detroit, Chicago and Los Angeles, the language is based on the Virginian dialect 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.
 * Louisianan: An English dialect (which sounds slightly closer to a creole), its lexicon is mostly borrowed from English, although multiple French, Spanish and Louisiana Creole loanwords are present. The language is concentrated in Louisiana and Mississippi and across the southern Midwest.
 * Floridian: A dialect of English evolved from American English, the dialect's speakers are primarily born from English and Spanish settlers.
 * Midwesterner: The other dialect which forms the main basis of American English, it is based upon English, German, Norwegian and some Algonquian, formed due to the mixture of people from Virginia, Pennsylvania and Canada with German and Scandinavian immigrants and the native Algonquian and Sioux people. It is spoken in the Midwestern states, including Illinois and Dakota.
 * Texan: Spoken in Texas and adjacent Missouri, it is a mixture of English with some French and some German. Speakers of the dialect are primarily descendants of settlers from Louisiana, Virginia and Florida.
 * Californian: The most recognizable American dialect (although domestically overshadowed by Virginian-Midwestern American English) due to featuring in Hollywood films, it is spoken primarily in the state of California, but also in neighboring Deseret and Hawaii. The language is based on English and Spanish with some Chinese.
 * Hawai'i: A subdialect of Californian spoken in Hawaii, it is a mixture of the dialect with Native Hawaiian and Japanese loanwords.
 * Cascadian: The most modernized of all the dialects (close to slang), it is a mix of English with German and Japanese and some French, the result of the amalgamation of early settlers from Canada with later Louisianan, Virginian and arrivals from Missouri. 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 Montana and in northern Deseret.
 * Alaskan: Spoken in the state of Alaska, it is a mixture of the Canadian dialect with Russian and some German.