Southern American English

Southern American English or Southern U.S. English is a regional dialect^[1][2] or collection of dialects of American English spoken throughout the Southern United States, primarily by White Southerners and increasingly concentrated in more rural areas.^[3] As of 2000s research, its most innovative accents include southern Appalachian and certain Texas accents.^[4] Such research has described Southern American English as the largest American regional accent group by number of speakers.^[5] More formal terms used within American linguistics include Southern White Vernacular English and Rural White Southern English.^[6][7] However, more commonly in the United States, the variety is recognized as a Southern accent, which technically refers merely to the dialect's sound system, often also simply called Southern.^[8][9][10]