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 the regional accents of English speakers, which mark speakers as members of groups by their various pronunciations of the standard language.
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[edit] International classifications
- International English or World English
- Commonwealth English
- Native American English
- North American English
- Mid-Atlantic English
- South Asian English
- East Asian English
[edit] Europe
- European English
- British English (BrE)
- England (English English (EngEng))
- Received Pronunciation (Queen's English, BBC English)
- Northern English
- Tees speak
- Geordie (spoken in Northumberland)
- Mackem (spoken in Sunderland)
- Pitmatic (spoken in Durham)
- Cumbrian
- Tyke (Yorkshire)
- Lancashire
- Mancunian (or 'Manc')
- Scouse (spoken in Merseyside)
- East Midlands English
- West Midlands English
- Black Country (Yam Yam)
- Brummie (spoken in Birmingham)
- Potteries (North Staffordshire)
- Herefordshire
- Warwickshire
- Worcestershire
- East Anglian English
- Norfolk dialect (Broad Norfolk)
- Suffolk dialect
- South East England
- Estuary English
- Cockney (London)
- West Country dialects
- Scotland
- Wales
- Welsh English
- North East English a toned down Scouse/Manchester accent due to English population
- Pembrokeshire dialect
- England (English English (EngEng))
- Ireland (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)
- Isle of Man
[edit] North America
- American English (AmE)
- Spanglish
- Cultural
- African-American Vernacular English (AAVE)
- Appalachian English
- General American
- Hawaiian Pidgin English
- Chicano English
- Native American English (Amerindian English) (see also subtypes below)
- Pennsylvania Dutchified English
- Yinglish
- Regional
- "General American"
- Northeastern dialects
- Mid-Atlantic dialects
- Midwest
- Inland North American (Lower peninsula of Michigan, northern Ohio and Indiana, Chicago, part of eastern Wisconsin and upstate New York)
- North Central American English (includes Minnesota, North Dakota and some of South Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa)
- Yooper dialect (the variety of North Central American English spoken in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and in some neighboring areas)
- North Midlands English (thin swath from Nebraska to Ohio)
- St. Louis-area English
- Wisconsin-Illinois dialect
- Southern English
- Western English
- California English
- Boontling
- Hawaiian English (Hawaiian Pidgin)
- Utah English
- Pacific Northwest English
- Bermudian English
- Canada
- Canadian English (CaE)
- Native American English (Amerindian English)
- Quebec
- Maritimes
- Maritimer English
- West/Central Canadian English
- Newfoundland English (not a dialect of Canadian English)
- Canadian English (CaE)
- Native American English (Amerindian English)
[edit] Caribbean
[edit] Asia
- Burmese English
- Hong Kong English
- Indian English
- Malaysian English (MyE)
- Philippine English
- Singapore English
- Sri Lankan English (SLE)
[edit] Africa
[edit] Oceania
[edit] Constructed
[edit] Manual encodings of English
These encoding systems should not be confused with sign languages such as British Sign Language and American Sign Language.
[edit] Pidgins and creoles
- Bislama
- Cameroonian Pidgin English
- Canton English
- Englog (English Tagalog Creole)
- Gullah
- Hawaiian Pidgin
- Sierra Leone Krio language
- Nigerian Pidgin
- Norfuk
- Shelta (Irish Traveller Cant)
- Tok Pisin
- Miskito Coastal Creole
[edit] The "Lishes"
The following are portmanteaus devised to describe certain local variants of English. Although similarly named, they are actually quite different in nature, with some being genuine mixed languages, some being instances of heavy code-switching between English and another language, some being genuine local dialects of English used by first-language English speakers, and some being non-native pronunciations of English. A few portmanteaus (such as Greeklish and Pinglish) are transliteration methods rather than any kind of spoken variant of English.
- Benglish (Bengali English)
- Chinglish (Chinese English)
- Czenglish (Czech English)
- Danglish (Danish English)
- Dunglish (Dutch English)
- Engrish (Japanese English)
- Finglish (Finnish English)
- Franglais (French English)
- Genglish/Ginglish/Germish/Pseudo-Anglicism (German English)
- Hinglish (Hindi English)
- Hunglish (Hungarian English)
- Konglish (South Korean English)
- Manglish/Malaysian Colloquial English (Malaysian English)
- Pinglish (Polish English)
- Runglish (Russian English)
- Serblish (Serbian English)
- Singlish (Singaporean English)
- Spanglish (Spanish English)
- Swenglish (Swedish English)
- Taglish (Tagalog English)
- Tanglish (Tamil English)
- Tinglish/Thailish (Thai English)
- Vinish (Vietnamese English)
- Yeshivish (Yeshiva English)
- Yinglish (Yiddish English)
[edit] See also
- History of the English language
- Old English
- Middle English
- Early Modern English
- Modern English
- Regional accents of English speakers
- macaronic
[edit] External links
- English Accents and Dialects— a browsable collection of recordings by the British Library.
- American Dialects
- BBC sound archive of accents in the British Isles
- International Dialects of English Archive
- Runglish
- Regional Accents for the Non-Expert
- Speech Accent Archive
- |Dialect Poetry from the English regions
British Isles
British •
East Anglian •
English English •
Estuary •
Hiberno-English (Ireland) •
Highland •
Manx •
Mid Ulster •
Midlands •
Northern •
Received Pronunciation •
Scottish •
Welsh •
West Country dialects
United States
American •
African American Vernacular •
Appalachian •
Baltimorese •
Boston •
California •
Chicano •
Cajun•
General American •
Hawaiian Pidgin •
Maine-New Hampshire •
New York-New Jersey English •
North Central American •
Inland Northern American •
Pacific Northwest •
Pittsburgh •
Southern American •
Utah •
Yooper
Canada
Canadian •
West/Central Canadian •
Maritimer •
Newfoundland •
Quebec
Oceania
Australian •
New Zealand •
Australian Aboriginal
Asia
Burmese •
Hong Kong •
Indian •
Manglish •
Philippine •
Singlish •
Sri Lankan
Other countries
Bermudian •
Caribbean •
Jamaican •
Liberian •
Malawian •
South African
Miscellaneous
Basic •
Commonwealth •
Euro-English •
Globish •
International •
Llanito (Gibraltar) •
Mid-Atlantic •
North American •
Plain •
Simplified •
Special •
Standard
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