![]() ![]() ![]() The ANAE identifies the "Inland South,” a dialect sub-region in which the Southern U.S. regional dialect, which has become predominant in central and southern Appalachia today, while a Western Pennsylvania regional dialect has become predominant in northern Appalachia, according to the 2006 Atlas of North American English (ANAE). This variety is both influential upon and influenced by the Southern U.S. Historically, the term "Appalachian dialect" refers to a local English variety of southern Appalachia, also known as Smoky Mountain English or Southern Mountain English in American linguistics. Southern American English is the dominant dialect in the region.Īppalachian English is American English native to the Appalachian mountain region of the Eastern United States. ![]() Appalachia (in white) overlaid with dialect regions defined by the 2006 ANAE. ![]()
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