Tag: dialect
Miami English Recognized as Dialect
A new dialect has been found to be emerging in Miami—the distinct vernacular is a heavily Spanish-influenced dialect of American English influenced by decades...
Did Ford’s Model T Kill Midwest German Dialects?
After decades of research, University of Kansas researcher William Keel believes it was Henry Ford, not Kaiser Bill, who was responsible for the decline...
Chinese Dialects Honored in Film
Last month’s Zurong Dialect Film Festival, one of China’s campaigns to preserve language diversity, received 582 entries featuring various dialects in just its second...
Alaska Home to Rare Russian Dialect
Linguists to compile dictionary from septuagenarian speakers by 2014.
A Russian settlement in Alaska that became isolated from the Russian Empire when the U.S. bought...
