The most common varieties of American English spoken in Massachusetts, other than General American, are the cot-caught distinct, rhotic, western Massachusetts dialect and the cot-caught merged, non-rhotic, eastern Massachusetts dialect (popularly known as a "Boston accent").
Reference 1: Percentage of population (as of 2010)[172].
Reference 2: Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese (including Cantonese and Mandarin), French (including New England French), French Creole, Italian, Russian, Vietnamese, Greek, Arabic and Khmer (Cambodian) (including all Austroasiatic languages) (tied) and Massachusett (Wampanoag).
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts
Reference 2: Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese (including Cantonese and Mandarin), French (including New England French), French Creole, Italian, Russian, Vietnamese, Greek, Arabic and Khmer (Cambodian) (including all Austroasiatic languages) (tied) and Massachusett (Wampanoag).
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts
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