# @nextshark on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C6ZQ7J0PsBx
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- **Posted:** 2024-04-30T17:58:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NextShark (@nextshark) — https://gondola.cc/nextshark

## Caption

Is there an Asian American accent?⁠
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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.”⁠
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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.”⁠
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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.⁠
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⁠📽️Video by: Gabe Jung⁠
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