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Presume that after the American revolution the various states split up into smaller confederations. We should also presume that Britain does not reconquer these disparate states, and it may also be worth saying that we can presume that the Ohio territory is probably settled by these *Americans. So what effects will thats have linguistically? I think that there are enough people interested in linguistics (probably from con lagging) and of course are esteemed Leo (and any other linguists I do not know about. If so, good day to you!) for this to generate some interest.

This is obviously not enough time for separate languages to develop, but we will probably see a number of interesting dialectal events. plus the probable survival of French in Louisiana, the Spanish in California and the Southwest, and (maybe?) Russians in Alaska will have other effects.

For English, the most important character is Noah Webster. Considering that his desire to linguistically unite how Americans speak is likely to be even stronger, so I think its a great possibly that he will publish an 'American' dictionary. I have no idea whether it will be at all similar to our dictionary in its 'Americannes', although since his American Spelling Book was published in 1786 it might be quite similar (the American Spelling Book was a textbook that was incredibly popular in its time and supported Webster later in life. It is responsible for a number of changes in American spelling like the in defense, and the lack of in colour) although perhaps more influenced by new England, where he lived? If it remains as popular as it was in OTL, it might help unite Americans in time for a reunification movement later (although probably only slightly).

However a more interesting possibility is that it isn't successful, except for maybe in new Enlgand. Otherwise I imagine New England might be the most heavily influenced by a British accent (I'm not sure which one, I have no idea which was preeminent in the 19th century), and I'm not sure where to go from there. If the Ohio territory was settled by New Englanders and Middle States, might we see a non-rhotic accent there? That would be quite interesting. What happens in the South I have little idea, I imagine an actual Southerner might be more useful.

In Louisiana, I imagine whatever French dialect is created will be heavily similar to Cajun, but more influenced by standard French. Californian Spanish is presumably similar to Mexican, although it might be interesting if it had a stronger Japanese or Chinese influence.
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