1.5. Ethnic varieties of american english

As it may be expected in countries of immigration there are many millions of inhabitants in the US and Canada whose native language is not English. And there are much more people whose ethnic background is not English. In the immigrant generation and sometimes in the second generation people spoke and speak English which was/is characterized by their native language interference. But the fourth generation has become monolingual English and all signs of interference of their native mother tongue have disappeared. Yet there are some groups of speakers who speak English that is distinct from that of their neighbors.

They are:

● Native American Indians;

● Chicanos;

● American blacks who speak ethnic dialect Black English.