Tangier Island English

E550864
dialect variety of American English

Tangier Island English is a distinctive American English dialect spoken on Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay, noted for its archaic features and unique pronunciation.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tangier Island English canonical 1
Tidewater English 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect ⓘ
variety of American English ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developedFrom British English varieties ⓘ
Early Modern English features ⓘ
endangeredStatus threatened ⓘ
hasCharacteristic archaic grammatical features ⓘ
archaic lexical features ⓘ
conservative phonology ⓘ
distinct intonation patterns ⓘ
distinctive pronunciation ⓘ
maritime vocabulary ⓘ
regional isolation ⓘ
rhotic accent ⓘ
unique vowel quality ⓘ
languageBranch Germanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
languageSubbranch West Germanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
notedFor distinctive local identity expression ⓘ
retention of older English forms ⓘ
partOf American English NERFINISHED ⓘ
English language NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Chesapeake Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenBy residents of Tangier Island ⓘ
spokenIn Chesapeake Bay region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tangier Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedIn dialectology ⓘ
sociolinguistics ⓘ
threatenedBy language shift to mainstream American English ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tangier Island → hasDialect → Tangier Island English ⓘ
Smith Island → dialectRelatedTo → Tangier Island English ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tidewater English