Appalachian Dialect Region
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region
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Yancey County,
Henderson County,
Cherokee County,
McDowell County,
Avery County,
Haywood County,
Burke County,
Polk County,
Ashe County,
Clay County,
Caldwell County,
Swain County,
Graham County,
Mitchell County,
Transylvania County,
Surry County,
Wilkes County,
Watauga County,
Rutherford County,
Macon County,
Jackson County,
Alleghany County,
Madison County and
Buncombe County
This is the geographic region where the Appalachian Dialect is spoken; the boundaries are fuzzy; thewestern boundary is the NC/TN border, the southern boundary are the NC-SC and NC-GA borders, the north boundary is the NC-VA border, and the eastern boundary is a northeast line intersecting Hickory.
