America is a big country but why they have only one dialect not like e.g philippines,china and other country?

Answer 1

America does not have different dialects but we do have different accents. If you meet people from Hawaii when you are from California, you will notice a different accent. When you meet people from Kentucky when you are from New York, you will notice a different accent. Each state has its own "little" accent but not dialect. Why do we not have dialects? Its because America is only 230 years old where as China is 4000 years old.

Answer 2

Actually, there are some regional variances in the way English is spoken, though not enough to qualify as different dialects. People from the south of the US speak differently than people from the west coast, etc. It is hard to notice if you aren't an English speaker. Some parts have very distinct accents. There used to be some dialects spoken in isolated parts, like in the Appalachian mountains. But that has almost disappeared.

But the main reason that English is somewhat uniform in the US is because the country's population is new when compared to the population of China or Phillipines. And, also, the US is completely connected by television, so that a person in Los Angeles can watch, and hear, the same program as someone in New York, so that a more standarized version of English exists.

Answer 3

Since America is treated as a most developed country to get a visa to visit or to work in America citizens of other counties have to full fill certain things
first of all GOOD ENGLISH!

this means the Americans can handle every one coming there only with English. Within the state the population speaks only English and with the help of the Entertainment and other media it has developed a common dialect and in future this will spread and will become a single dialect.

But to run the business in Asia they have to study the local language and customs. It is happening too. Here also things are changing. In India we have thousands of language and per language many dialect. Now the States within the country have three official languages Local, Hindi and English. India has the largest English speaking population.

Answer 4

America is a continent, not a country.

But assuming you are making the usual mistake of thinking that America consists only of _The United States of America_, then you are looking at a country that speaks:
* roughly 150 native, living languages
* 3 dialects of French;
* 2 dialects of German;
* 3 dialects of Spanish;
* 3 dialects of English;
* At least 4 regional variations of English, based on vocabulary related criteria;
* At least 6 regional variations of English, based on accent, stress, and tone;

More living languages are spoken in The Philippines, than any other country in the world ( roughly 600), They have very few, if any dialects.

Technically, the dialects of Chinese are languages, not dialects. The major reason they are considered to be dialects, is that they share a common writing system. [The analogy would be calling English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Latin, and Spanish dialects of "European", rather than different languages.]

Answer 5

Magandang umaga!
Good question! America does have regional dialects. But they are not as distinct as, for example, Tagalog/Ilocano/Visayan or Mandarin/Cantonese.
All of America's dialects are more a matter of accents and peculiar regional words rather than being a different language. They are all based on English. The reason for this is that America was settled mostly by English speakers, and their dialects came about after settlement, rather than as a result of different ethnic groups moving in.
The regional dialects in the US are disappearing or being flattened out. I think this is due to the influence of television. My Filipino friends tell me the same thing is (slowly) happening in the Philippines.

Answer 6

There are many dialects in the U.S. Dialect and language do not mean the same thing. Dialect, according to Websters dictionary is: 1. A regional or social variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary, especially a variety of speech differing from the standard literary language or speech pattern of the culture in which it exists: Cockney is a dialect of English.
2. A variety of language that with other varieties constitutes a single language of which no single variety is standard: the dialects of Ancient Greek.
2. The language peculiar to the members of a group, especially in an occupation; jargon: the dialect of science.
3. The manner or style of expressing oneself in language or the arts.
4. A language considered as part of a larger family of languages or a linguistic branch. Not in scientific use: Spanish and French are Romance dialects.

One of my favorite examples of dialect is a sentence I have actually heard spoken when I lived in Western NC "y'all bring your'n to see our'n, we's be at home!" I don't believe you would hear this dialect in the Northeast, or anywhere that "native southerners" do not live.

Answer 7

In the past there have been many accents, not necessarily dialects, in the U.S., but these are rapidly disappearing due to generations raised on TV, modern communications, ease of travel, and a population that moves a lot due to jobs, etc. In the past when different dialects developed in places like China these conditions were not present and people lived in much greater isolation.

Answer 8

Actually, we don't have only one dialect. There are a number of different 'kinds' of American English that are quite dialecticized, not to mention the fact that there are some very well-established ethnic neighborhoods where other languages are alive and well, not to mention the fact that the number of Spanish speaking people in the US (legal and otherwise) is growing at an very fast rate.

Answer 9

There are dialects and if you get the chance to travel extensively throughout the country, you'll hear them. Not sure where you live, but I'll wager you'll have a difficult time trying to talk to people in the Northeast, Minnesota and Texas. English takes on a whole 'nutther meanin' 'round them parts.

Answer 10

America IS a big country with more languages spoken here than any other country in the world - English, Polish, German, French, and all the other European languages, as well as Asiatic, African, Aborigine, Eskimo, American Indian, Mandarin, etc.
In New York City alone there are over ten ethnic communities where the native tongue is primarily spoken.