List of dialects of the English language
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This is a list of varieties of the English language. Dialects are varieties differing in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar not to be confused with accents which mark speakers as a member of a group by their pronunciation of the standard language.
See: Regional accents of English speakers
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International Classifications
- International English or World English
- Commonwealth English
- North American English
- Mid-Atlantic English
- South Asian English
- East Asian English
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Europe
- European English
- British English
- Received Pronunciation (Queen's English, BBC English)
- England (English English)
- Northern English
- Midlands English
- East
- Derbyshire
- Nottingham
- Lincolnshire
- Leicestershire
- West
- Black Country (Yam Yam)
- Birmingham (Brummie)
- Potteries (North Staffordshire)
- East
- East Anglian
- Norfolk (Broad Norfolk)
- Suffolk Dialect
- Southern English
- Estuary English
- Cockney (London)
- Somerset
- Devon
- Cornwall
- Scotland
- Wales
- Ireland
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North America
- American English
- Cultural
- African-American Vernacular English (AAVE, Ebonics)
- General American
- Nuyorican English
- Gullah
- Hawaiian Pidgin English
- Chicano English
- Native American English (Amerindian English) (see also subtypes below)
- Pennsylvania Dutchified English
- Yinglish
- Regional
- Appalachian English
- Baltimorese
- California English
- Coastal Southeast English (Charleston, South Carolina, Savannah, Georgia area)
- Hawaiian English
- Hawaiian Pidgin
- Hayna Valley English (Scranton, Pennsylvania-area)
- Hudson Valley English (Albany, New York-area)
- Inland North American (Lower peninsula of Michigan, Chicago and upstate New York)
- Louisianian English
- New York-New Jersey English
- North Central English (includes Minnesota, North Dakota and some of South Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa)
- North Midlands English (thin swath from Nebraska to Ohio)
- Northeastern Coastal English (Eastern New England, Boston-English)
- Philadelphia-area English
- Pittsburgh-area English
- Providence-area English
- South Midlands English (thin swath from Oklahoma to Pennsylvania)
- Southern American English
- Southern Highland English
- St. Louis-area English
- Western American English
- Western New England dialect
- Wisconsin-Illinois dialect
- Cultural
- Bermudian English
- Canadian English
- Native American English (Amerindian English)
- Newfoundland English
- Toronto English
- Ottawa Valley Twang
- Native American English (Amerindian English)
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Caribbean
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Asia
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Africa
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Oceania
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Constructed
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Sign Languages Based on English
- See main article: Manually Coded English
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Pidgins and Creoles
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The "Ishes"
While not technically dialects, these variants may nonetheless be of interest to students of global English. Most are not genuine mixed languages, but rather instances of heavy code-switching between English and another language. Greeklish and Pinglish might appear to be similar but are in fact transliteration methods.
- Benglish (Bengali English)
- Chinglish (Chinese English)
- Danglish (Danish English)
- Dunglish (Dutch English)
- Englog (Filipino English)
- Engrish (Japanese English)
- Finglish (Finnish English)
- Franglais (French English)
- Genglish/Ginglish/Germish/Pseudo-Anglicism (German English)
- Hinglish (Hindi English)
- Konglish (South Korean English)
- Manglish (Malaysian English)
- Runglish (Russian English)
- Serblish (Serbian English)
- Singlish (Singaporean English)
- Spanglish/Nuyorican (Spanish English)
- Swenglish (Swedish English)
- Taglish (Filipino English)
- Tanglish (Tamil English)
- Tinglish/Thailish (Thai English)
- Vinish (Vietnamese English)
- Yeshivish (Yeshiva English)
- Yinglish (Yiddish English)
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See also
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External link
- American Dialects (http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atlas/NationalMap/NationalMap.html)
- International Dialects of English Archive (http://www.ku.edu/~idea/northamerica/northamerica.htm)
- Runglish (http://runglish1.narod.ru)de:Englische Sprache in anderen Sprachen
