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
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
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)
Caribbean
Asia
Africa
Oceania
Constructed
Sign Languages Based on English
- See main article: Manually Coded English
Pidgins and Creoles
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)
See also
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