California English
Dialect of English spoken in California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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California English (or Californian English) collectively refers to varieties of American English native to California. As California became one of the most ethnically diverse U.S. states, English speakers from a wide variety of backgrounds began to pick up different linguistic elements from one another and also developed new ones; the result is both divergence and convergence within Californian English.[1] However, linguists who studied English before and immediately after World War II tended to find few, if any, patterns unique to California,[2][3] and even today most California English still exhibits a General or Western American accent.
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California English | |
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Region | United States of America (California) |
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ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | None |
IETF | en-u-sd-usca |
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