American English
set of dialects of the English language spoken in the United States
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Summary
American English is an ethnolect[1]. It draws 9,921 Wikipedia views per month (ethnolect category, ranking #2 of 5).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3]
- Instance of: natural language[4], dialect[5]
- Subclass of: North American English[6]
- Writing system: Latin script[7]
- Commons category: American English[8]
- Wikimedia language code: en-us[9]
- Country of origin: United States[10]
- Has part(s): African American Vernacular English[11], Mid-Atlantic accent[12], African American English[13], Cajun English[14], General American English[15], Chicano English[16], Miami English[17], New York Latino English[18], Northern American English[19], New York dialect[20], Midland American English[21], High Tider[22], New Orleans English[23], Philadelphia English[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:American English[25]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 300,000,000[26]
- Described by source: New International Encyclopedia[27]
- Partially coincident with: General American English[28]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/american-english[29]
- Native label: American English[30]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C160183[31]
- Short name: американский английский[32]
- Different from: North American English[33]
- Indigenous to: United States[34]
- Exact match: http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133070514[35]
- Dialect of: English[36]
- Related category: Category:U.S. English pronunciation[37]
Why It Matters
American English has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]