Upper Midwest - Language

Language

North Central American English (also known as "Upper Midwestern"), a residual accent of American English, is spoken in Minnesota, parts of Wisconsin and Iowa, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and portions of Montana, and the Dakotas.

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