Is there an Asian American accent?⁠ ⁠ TikToker @/Etymologynerd, shares how his Asian American friends told him that they can “hear” Asian American accents, noting, “there is substantial evidence that listeners can identify ‘Asian sounding’ voices at a rate higher than chance.”⁠ ⁠ He mentions some possible explanations for identifying Asian American accents, such as the tendency for Asian Americans to have a “higher pitch contour” or “breathier articulation.”⁠ ⁠ But even with those possible explanations, the TikTok user points out that there are “so many” variations within the Asian American community:⁠ “So maybe we’re asking the wrong question by treating the Asian American community as a linguistic monolith, when in reality, it is composed of a bunch of very diverse, different languages,” he says.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ 🤳Learn more in the full article on our website in our linkinbio ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠📽️Video by: Gabe Jung⁠ 💬Comment “email” to sign up to our daily newsletter.⁠ ⁠ 📰Follow us for the latest Asian...