New York City

=== Accent and dialect ===
{{Main|New York City English|New York accent}}
The New York area is home to a distinctive regional accent and speech pattern called the [[New York City English|New York dialect]], alternatively known as ''Brooklynese'' or ''New Yorkese''. It has been considered one of the most recognizable accents within [[American English]].<ref>{{cite book |last = Newman |first = Michael |title = American Voices |publisher = Blackwell |year = 2005 |isbn = 978-1-4051-2109-5 |editor1-last = Wolfram |editor1-first = Walt |pages = 82–87 |chapter = New York Talk |editor2-last = Ward |editor2-first = Ben }}</ref> The traditional New York area speech pattern is known for its rapid delivery, and its accent is characterized as [[Rhoticity in English|non-rhotic]] so that the sound {{IPA|[ɹ]}} does not appear at the end of a [[syllable]] or immediately before a [[consonant]], therefore the pronunciation of the city name as "New Yawk."<ref name="NYT19930214">{{cite news |last = Sontag |first = Deborah |date = February 14, 1993 |title = Oy Gevalt! New Yawkese An Endangered Dialect? |newspaper = [[The New York Times]] |url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE0D61438F937A25751C0A965958260 |access-date = July 19, 2014 }}</ref> The classic version of the New York City dialect is centered on [[Middle class|middle-]] and [[working-class]] New Yorkers. The influx of non-European immigrants in recent decades has led to changes in this distinctive dialect,<ref name="NYT19930214" /> and the traditional form of this speech pattern is no longer as prevalent.<ref name="NYT19930214" />