Southern American English

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkb:dialect
gptkbp:hasFeature unique vocabulary
distinctive grammar
influence from African American Vernacular English
distinctive intonation patterns
cot–caught merger (in some areas)
double modals
drawl
fronted vowels
influence from French (in Louisiana)
influence from Scots-Irish English
merger of /ɪ/ and /ɛ/ before nasal consonants
monophthongization of /aɪ/
multiple negation
non-rhoticity (in some areas)
pin–pen merger
rising diphthongs
use of 'bless your heart'
use of ain't
use of done as auxiliary
use of fixin' to
use of might could, should ought, etc.
y'all as second person plural pronoun
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Southern American English
gptkbp:ISO639-3 eng
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Anglic
gptkb:Germanic
gptkb:Indo-European
gptkb:West_Germanic
gptkb:Anglo-Frisian
English
gptkbp:region gptkb:American_South
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Alabama
gptkb:Arkansas
gptkb:Georgia
gptkb:Kentucky
gptkb:Louisiana
gptkb:Mississippi
gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkb:Oklahoma
gptkb:South_Carolina
gptkb:Southern_United_States
gptkb:Tennessee
gptkb:Virginia
gptkb:West_Virginia
gptkb:Florida_Panhandle
parts of Texas
gptkbp:subdivision gptkb:Cajun_English
gptkb:Alabama_English
gptkb:Arkansas_English
gptkb:Charleston_English
gptkb:Coastal_Southern_English
gptkb:Creole_English
gptkb:Deep_South_English
gptkb:Delta_English
gptkb:East_Texas_English
gptkb:Florida_Cracker_English
gptkb:Georgia_English
gptkb:Inland_Southern_English
gptkb:Kentucky_English
gptkb:Louisiana_English
gptkb:Lowcountry_English
gptkb:Lower_South_English
gptkb:Lowland_Southern_English
gptkb:Midland_Southern_English
gptkb:Mississippi_English
gptkb:New_Orleans_English
gptkb:North_Carolina_English
gptkb:Oklahoma_English
gptkb:Ozarks_English
gptkb:Panhandle_Florida_English
gptkb:Piedmont_English
gptkb:Plantation_English
gptkb:Rural_Southern_English
gptkb:Smokies_English
gptkb:Smoky_Mountain_English
gptkb:South_Carolina_English
gptkb:South_Midland_English
gptkb:Southern_Appalachian_English
gptkb:Southern_Black_English
gptkb:Southern_White_English
gptkb:Tennessee_English
gptkb:Texas_English
gptkb:Upper_South_English
gptkb:Urban_Southern_English
gptkb:Virginia_English
gptkb:West_Virginia_English
gptkb:Western_Tennessee_English
gptkb:Appalachian_English
gptkb:Ozark_English
Country English
Gullah (influenced)
Hillbilly English
Redneck English
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:African_American_Vernacular_English
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4