Upper Midwestern English

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dialect
variety of American English
gptkbp:hasFeature distinctive intonation patterns
cot–caught merger
fronted /uː/ and /oʊ/
influence from Scandinavian and German languages
monophthongal pronunciation of /oʊ/ and /eɪ/
raising of /æ/ before nasal consonants
use of 'uff da'
use of 'you betcha'
distinctive vocabulary (e.g., 'hotdish', 'pop' for soda)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Upper Midwestern English
gptkbp:ISO639-3 eng
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Anglic
gptkb:Germanic
gptkb:Indo-European
gptkb:West_Germanic
gptkb:Anglo-Frisian
English
gptkbp:region gptkb:Upper_Midwest
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:General_American_English
gptkb:North-Central_American_English
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Iowa
gptkb:Minnesota
gptkb:North_Dakota
gptkb:South_Dakota
gptkb:Wisconsin
parts of Nebraska
parts of Michigan
parts of Illinois
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:American_English
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6