Texas

Listen to people from the U.S. state of Texas 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. (And for an example of a first-generation Mexican American who was raised in Mexico but has spent most of her life in Texas, see Zacatecas 2.)

Texas 1  female, 76, 1924, Caucasian, San Marcos
Texas 2  male, 62, 1938, Caucasian (Scots-Irish), Central Texas (Waco, Mart & Austin)
Texas 3  male, 26, 1974, Hispanic, Laredo
Texas 4  female, 62, 1938, Caucasian, Weslaco (near Mexican border)
Texas 5  male, 43, 1957, Caucasian, Houston and Central Texas
Texas 6  female, 63, 1937, Caucasian, Austin and throughout Texas (and Kansas)
Texas 7  female, 19, Caucasian, Dallas
Texas 8  male, 60, 1940, Caucasian, Amarillo and Austin
Texas 9  male, 50s, 1950s, Caucasian, Sanderson
Texas 10  female, 20s, 1980, Caucasian, Texarkana
Texas 11  male, 22, 1978, Hispanic, Eagle Pass (& Saragossa, Mexico)
Texas 12  female, 40s, 1950s, Caucasian, East Texas & Austin
Texas 13  female, 20, 1981, Caucasian, Huntsville
Texas 14  male, 54, 1949, Caucasian, Bellaire and Beaumont
Texas 15  female, 20, 1983, Caucasian, Riverside
Texas 16  female, 22, 1981, Caucasian/Hispanic, Amarillo
Texas 17  male, 22, 1987, Black, Lubbock and Dallas
Texas 18  male, 46, 1965, Caucasian, Mesquite
Texas 19  female, 42, 1970, Caucasian, Mineola and Irving
Texas 20  female, 34, 1982, Black, Dallas
Texas 21  female, 20, 1996, Hispanic, Brownsville
Texas 22  male, 15, 2003, Caucasian, Bryan
Texas 23  female, 20, 2000, Black, Arlington and Fort Worth
Texas 24  female, 52, 1968, Black, Beaumont (and central Arkansas)

For more information on Texas, visit Wikipedia.