Arizona English
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Arizona English is a regional variety of American English spoken in Arizona, characterized by features influenced by the American West, the Southwest, and contact with Spanish.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arizona English canonical | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
regional dialect of English
ⓘ
variety of American English ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fieldOfStudy |
dialectology
ⓘ
sociolinguistics ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
contact features in communities with high Spanish-English bilingualism
ⓘ
largely intelligible with other forms of American English ⓘ lexical items shared with Western American English ⓘ regional place-name pronunciations specific to Arizona ⓘ regional vocabulary related to desert environment ⓘ regional vocabulary related to ranching and agriculture ⓘ rhotic pronunciation ⓘ shares many core features with General American English ⓘ some features shared with California English ⓘ some features shared with New Mexico English ⓘ some leveling of distinct regional features due to in-migration ⓘ some lexical borrowing from Native American languages via regional usage ⓘ variable influence from Mexican Spanish in border areas ⓘ vocabulary influenced by Spanish loanwords ⓘ younger speakers may show influence from General American ⓘ |
| hasSubvariety |
rural Arizona English
ⓘ
urban Arizona English ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Southwestern American English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ Western American English ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Germanic languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| languageSubbranch | West Germanic languages ⓘ |
| partOf |
American English
ⓘ
English language dialect continuum ⓘ |
| region | Arizona ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Phoenix metropolitan area
ⓘ
Tucson ⓘ
surface form:
Tucson metropolitan area
rural Arizona ⓘ |
| usedBy |
long-term migrants to Arizona
ⓘ
residents of Arizona ⓘ |
| usedIn |
everyday conversation in Arizona
ⓘ
local media in Arizona ⓘ local schools and universities in Arizona ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.