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The '''Okie Dialect''' is found mostly in rural ], a subdialect of ] of the ].

It is a byproduct of historic migration of settlers to the state from the ] such as ], ] and ] with its "country-western" sound in the late 19th century.

There's a known ] influence in the dialect by the state's over 50 federally recognized tribal groups, some of them maintained or revived its own native languages to this day.

Variants found in the ] area reflect the influences of Northeastern (i.e. ], ] and ]) oilmen, while those in the northwestern part of the state have some more Midwestern (i.e. ], ] and ]) loanwords and pronunciations.

In ], the arrival of families whose grandparents left in the ], are "returning" ] from the West Coast (]) introduced some ] words and phrases in the dialect.

===Twang===
The Okie Accent is largely characterized by a twang which is the pronunciation of a word with elongated vowels and adding of extra syllables to increase the length of the sound of the words which serve to create a drawl. i.e., the word "get" would be stretched out in a complex but subtle pronunciation of "gee-ut-ah", someone unfamiliar with the dialect or not listening closely would hear simply "git".

== Lexicon ==
Some words used in rural Oklahoma but not in many other American English dialects (or with different meanings) are:

* ''tump '' or ''tip over a container to empty the contents, (tah-uum-pah)
* ''wallered-out '' or '', increase of a circumference (wah'-lurd-ah a-yo-tah)
* ''pertneer '' or '', almost, (purt-neer)
* ''dasent '' or '', dare not

== Well-known people with an Okie accent, all born in Oklahoma ==
* ], Folk musician
* ], Country/rock music singer
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* ], world-famous stage cowboy/comedian
* ], Televangelist/minister

== Recordings of the Okie accent ==
* Characters: ], ], in the Movie '']''
* Songs: '']'' by ], a country single in the 1960s.

== References ==
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*''Okie Dictionary'', ISBN 0965387410, Authors: Stoney Hardcastle. Publisher: Indian Nations Pub, 1995
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*[http://www.sociolinguistics.uottawa.ca/nwav38/abstracts/Preston%282009%29Perception_of_Oklahoma.pdf The Perception of Oklahoma Speech (PDF)

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