Is there a language called American? Websites select language American! I have heard "do you speak American"

Question

English surely!

Answer 1

There is something called American English, but it's not a language, it's a dialect.

Dialects are parts of the language that are intelligible among themselves but change depending on the location.
For example English has different dialects, like: Australian dialect, American dialect, Southafrican dialect, etc.

Answer 2

The language is English. The "American" is just a regional form of the English language, as the "Canadian" the "Australian", the "Scottish" or any other variety spoken in any English speaking country. But the language's name is English

Answer 3

The sites just do that to differentiate between American english & British english. There is no American language. There is just an American versin of english.

Answer 4

Short for American dialect of English

Answer 5

That's simply to differentiate between England's English and America's English, which are two different versions with their own set of words and spelling. To other countries, American English is simply "American."

Answer 6

The language that is spoken in America started life as English but it has drifted so far apart in pronunciation, meaning and spelling that now the two countries are divided by a common language.

Answer 7

It is known as American-english, this is because they spell some words different, for example they spell colour as "color"

Answer 8

Humm yeah but you have to spell things with a z instead of a s
Specialize (for example US)
Specialise (for example UK)
(not it every case)

- oh and the sports centre(uk) in spelt sports 'center'(us)

Answer 9

It's American English.

There is no language 'American'.

Answer 10

americans speak poorly spelt english.the native americans had their own language