Southern American English | |
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Southern U.S. English | |
Region | Southern United States |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | sout3302 |
Southern American English or Southern U.S. English is a regional dialect[1][2] or collection of dialects of American English spoken throughout the Southern United States, primarily by White Southerners and increasingly concentrated in more rural areas.[3] As of 2000s research, its most innovative accents include southern Appalachian and certain Texan accents.[4] Such research has described Southern American English as the largest American regional accent group by number of speakers.[5] More formal terms used within American linguistics include Southern White Vernacular English and Rural White Southern English.[6][7] However, more commonly in the United States, the variety is recognized as a Southern accent, which technically refers merely to the dialect's sound system, often also simply called Southern.[8][9][10]
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