Appalachian English

Distinctive dialect of the Appalachian mountain region of the eastern United States, preserving several archaic features.

Core Principles & Analysis

• Preserves a-prefixing on verbs, as in 'he went a-hunting'.
• Allows double modals such as 'might could' and 'used to could'.
• Popular claims that it is preserved Elizabethan English are rejected by linguists.

Specifications & Metrics

• LANGUAGE: English