BETA
Chapter 1
The birth of a dialect
Chapter 2
The science of the sound
Chapter 3
Cultural impact and recognition
YOUR GOAL
Master of The Miami accent
Ch 1 · The birth of a dialect
diegoplays Miami English Dialect
We get down from the car and we make the line, In Miami's own dialect, we do just fine.
diegoplays While born in neighborhoods like Little Havana, the accent is now spoken across Miami-Dade and parts of Broward County.
diegoplays Children of immigrants in the 1970s and 1980s developed the Miami accent as their native way of speaking English.
Fun Fact
Accent evolution: The Miami accent is one of the very few American dialects born entirely within the last sixty years.
Glossary
dialect (noun)
A regional or social variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary. Miami's unique speech patterns began forming after the 1959 Cuban Revolution triggered mass migration to South Florida.
A regional or social variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary. Miami's unique speech patterns began forming after the 1959 Cuban Revolution triggered mass migration to South Florida.
Quiz
True or false: Only people of Hispanic heritage speak with the Miami accent today.
Quiz
Around which decade did linguists first notice the Miami accent being passed down as a native dialect?
Quiz
Which group of people is primarily responsible for cementing the Miami accent as a permanent dialect?
Quiz
What makes the Miami accent historically unique among American English dialects?
Quiz
Which historical event in 1959 triggered the demographic shift that led to the Miami accent?