North-Central American English

GPTKB entity

Statements (39)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkb:dialect
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:North-Central_dialect
gptkb:Upper_Midwestern_English
gptkbp:glottologCode none
gptkbp:hasFeature rhoticity
distinctive intonation patterns
Canadian raising
cot–caught merger (in some areas)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label North-Central American English
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Scandinavian_languages
gptkb:German_language
gptkb:Canadian_English
gptkbp:ISO639-3 none
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Anglic
gptkb:Germanic
gptkb:Indo-European
gptkb:West_Germanic
gptkb:Anglo-Frisian
English
gptkbp:notableFor distinctive vowel sounds
lack of strong regional accent to outsiders
perceived as 'Fargo accent'
gptkbp:region gptkb:Midwestern_United_States
gptkb:Upper_Midwest
gptkb:Northern_Plains
parts of Canada
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Canada
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:usedBy residents of Minnesota
residents of North Dakota
residents of South Dakota
residents of Wisconsin
residents of northern Iowa
residents of parts of Michigan
residents of parts of Montana
residents of parts of Nebraska
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:American_English
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6