New York

Listen to people from the U.S. state of New York speak English in their native accent or dialect and, in some instances, Spanish in their native dialect. Please select a sample from the list below.

New York 1  female, 39, 1960, Caucasian, Mt. Vernon
New York 2  female, 37, 1962, Caucasian, eastern Long Island and Yonkers
New York 3  male, 49, Puerto Rican, New York City (Bronx)
New York 4  male, 18, 1982, Caucasian (Greek and Jewish), NYC (Brooklyn)
New York 5  male, 53, 1947, Jewish, New York City (Queens)
New York 6  female, 53, 1947, Jewish, New York City (Queens) and Long Island
New York 7  male, 60, 1940, Jewish, New York City (south Bronx and Harlem)
New York 8  female, 57, 1943, Jewish, New York City (Bronx)
New York 9  male, 54, 1946, Jewish, New York City
New York 10 (withdrawn)
New York 11  male, 48, 1954, Caucasian (Italian-American), NYC (Queens)
New York 12  female, 34, 1969, Caucasian, Smithtown (Long Island) and NYC
New York 13  male, 30, 1975, Jewish, NYC (Manhattan)
New York 14  male, 50, 1957, Caucasian, Long Island
New York 15  female, 25, 1983, Caucasian (German, Irish and English), Buffalo
New York 16  female, 41, 1967, African-American, NYC (Brooklyn)
New York 17  female, 48, 1963, Puerto Rican, NYC (Harlem & Lower East Side)
New York 18  male, 29, 1982, Puerto Rican, NYC (Brooklyn)
New York 19  female, 45, 1966, Puerto Rican, NYC (Bronx and Manhattan)
New York 20  female, 32, 1980, Caucasian, Buffalo
New York 21  female, 60, 1951, Jewish/Caucasian, Queens and Long Island
New York 22  female, 24, 1988, Italian/Indo-Trinidadian, Rome & NYC (Brooklyn)
New York 23  male, 30, 1984, Caucasian, Baldwinsville & Syracuse
New York 24  female, 19, 1994, Puerto Rican and Costa Rican, NYC (Brooklyn)
New York 25  male, 26, 1988, Italian, Bellport (Long Island)
New York 26  female, 26, 1989, Puerto Rican, NYC (East Harlem)
New York 27  female, 21, 1993, Puerto Rican and Ecuadorian, NYC (Bronx)
New York 28  female, 29, 1984, Dominican, Manhattan (Dom. Republic & Bronx too)
New York 29  female, 51, 1962, Puerto Rican, NYC (Bronx)
New York 30  female, 19, 1995, Cherokee/Black/Jamaican, NYC (E. Harlem & Brooklyn)
New York 31  female, 21, 1993, Haitian, Long Island & NYC (Queens)
New York 32  female, 59, 1956, Caucasian, Massapequa Park (Long Island)
New York 33  male, 72, 1945, Caucasian, NYC (Brooklyn)
New York 34  female, 43, 1975, Caucasian/Italian-American, Long Island (Valley Stream)
New York 35  male, 43, 1975, Caucasian, Penfield (suburb of Rochester)
New York 36  female, 61, 1959, Caucasian, New York City (Bronx)

For a good example of a New York Haitian sound, see Haiti 2. For an example of a New York Jamaican sound, see Jamaica 8. For additional Puerto Rican accents, see Puerto Rico. Also, for an Israeli-American sound, see Israel 5. And for more information on New York, visit Wikipedia.