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North-Central American English
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/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
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