Pacific Northwest English
Dialect of American English / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pacific Northwest English (also known, in American linguistics, as Northwest English)[1] is a variety of North American English spoken in the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon, sometimes also including Idaho and the Canadian province of British Columbia.[2] Due to the internal diversity within Pacific Northwest English, current studies remain inconclusive about whether it is best regarded as a dialect of its own, separate from Western American English or even California English or Standard Canadian English,[3] with which it shares its major phonological features.[4] The dialect region contains a highly diverse and mobile population, which is reflected in the historical and continuing development of the variety.
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Pacific Northwest English | |
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Region | Cascadia, Northwestern United States (Oregon, Northern California and Washington) and Western Canada (British Columbia) |
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ISO 639-3 | ā |
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