American Indian English | |
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Region | Indian Country |
Native speakers | 9,666,058 (2020 census)[1][2] |
Early forms | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | None |
Population of Native Americans by country according to the 2020 United States census. Areas populated by Indigenous peoples are considered "Indian Country." |
American Indian English or Native American English is a diverse collection of English dialects spoken by many American Indians and Alaska Natives,[3] notwithstanding indigenous languages also spoken in the United States, of which only a few are in daily use. For the sake of comparison, this article focuses on similarities across varieties of American Indian English that unite it in contrast to a "typical" English variety with standard grammar and a General American accent.