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 sounds partially akin to a mix of Northern English dialects 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 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 Midlands English, Swiss German and to some extent Italian and 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 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 ethnolinguistic group, they are created from English and Danish settlers and the native Beothuks and Naskapi. Their dialect combines Southern English dialects and Danish with some Naskapi. It is mostly spoken in Newfoundland and some border areas with Quebec.
 * Transcanadian: Spoken in both Alberta and Saskatchewan, it is a spinoff of Canadian English, with notably more German influence.
 * 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 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 the Virginian and Louisianan dialects with Spanish and Afromerican loanwords present.
 * Midwesterner: The other dialect which forms the main basis of American English, it is based upon English and German with Norwegian and Swedish influence.
 * Texan: Spoken in Texas and adjacent Missouri, it is a mixture of English, Spanish and some French and German. Speakers of the dialect are primarily descendants of English, Spanish, French and German settlers.
 * Deseret: Spoken mostly in Deseret, it is a mixture of Cascadian English (see below) with some Spanish and loanwords from Paiute.
 * 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. Although based primarily upon English and Spanish, it takes loanwords from Navajo, Tagalog and Chinese.
 * Cascadian: The most modernized of all the dialects (close to slang), it is based upon the Transcanadian dialect with words borrowed from Japanese, Chinese, Tagalog and Punjabi. 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 Transcanadian dialect with Russian and some German.