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The Miami Accent Is A Real Scientifically Studied Dialect

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The geographic boundaries of sound

diegoplays While born in neighborhoods like Little Havana, the accent is now spoken across Miami-Dade and parts of Broward County.

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The birth of a native dialect

diegoplays Children of immigrants in the 1970s and 1980s developed the Miami accent as their native way of speaking English.

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Fun Facts

Fun Fact

Accent evolution: The Miami accent is one of the very few American dialects born entirely within the last sixty years.

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Quizzes

Quiz

In which Florida county did the Miami accent primarily originate and develop?

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True or false: Only people of Hispanic heritage speak with the Miami accent today.

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Around which decade did linguists first notice the Miami accent being passed down as a native dialect?

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Which group of people is primarily responsible for cementing the Miami accent as a permanent dialect?

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Quiz

How does the Miami accent differ fundamentally from Spanglish?

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What makes the Miami accent historically unique among American English dialects?

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Which historical event in 1959 triggered the demographic shift that led to the Miami accent?

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Quiz

Approximately how many Cuban immigrants settled in Miami between 1959 and 1980?

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Glosario

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.

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Gossip

Gossip

Do you think your hometown has a distinct accent?

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Videos

diegoplays The birth of a native dialect

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diegoplays The geographic boundaries of sound

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diegoplays The great migration of 1959

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diegoplays Why it is not Spanglish

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