Appalachian Dialect

[Dominicanese]

Southern Appalachian English is said to stem from the Scots Irish English from Northern Ireland (Ulster) and lowland Scots. In reality I would think it is a mixture of that with a stronger West Country English accent that became posh today.

 

[Dominicanese]

 

[Dominicanese]

scots irish language/dialect

 

[Dominicanese]

west country of england

 

[Dominicanese]

tell me what u guys think and which they sound closer to and or what other influence u think there is in appalachian?

these two seem to be the closest to what we hear of as a southern american or appalachian dialect

 

[Dominicanese]

btw just found this information about appalchian and southern american english

quoted:
Much of Appalachian English has developed independently in the Appalachian region of North America, and is not a remnant of speech derived from the British Isles, but most of what can be traced to Europe does not in fact have its origins in Scotland, Ireland or Northern England. In fact, the majority of the linguistic anachronisms found in the can be traced back to West Country, Southern England and East Anglia.[90][91][92]

and to proof this, these are recordings of southern england accents during the 50s-60s and the similarities with appalachian and southern speech is very strong

 

[Ezio1]

I think they sound like a mixture. Their own today known as the American Redneck Dixie accent from the deep south.

The Ulster -Scots language sounds more from the British English.

 

[Carlito's Way]

their accent is interesting to me, I would have guessed them to be Southern right off the bat
do blacks in those areas also sound the same or do they have their own unique accent?

 

[Dominicanese]

their accent is interesting to me, I would have guessed them to be Southern right off the bat
do blacks in those areas also sound the same or do they have their own unique accent?

both

but i think they con distinguish eachother racially by accent

but generally speaking AAVE is mainly non rhotic while appalachian is rhotic

the main root of AAVE is in gullah/geechee which is basically a mix of west country/southern england and west african languages, with minor scottish

 

[Dominicanese]

but for overall

southern england is where the origin of the base of what we know as the southern american accents actually come from, thing is lot a influences from other dialects as well as changes in the use of english occured, like for example australian english is younger than southern american english hence y they still sound like today's londoners to non native ears like us

but older forms of southern england english sounds very similar to southern american english, like the video i posted

 

[Dominicanese]

I think they sound like a mixture. Their own today known as the American Redneck Dixie accent from the deep south.

The Ulster -Scots language sounds more from the British English.

it is a mix for sure

but i still think southern england speech is where is most strongest, cause the scots have still a very different varient

 

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