NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of dialects of English

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

Varieties of English

AAVE

Hawaiian English

Hawaiian Pidgin

Hiberno-English

Highland English

Hong Kong English

Indian English

International English

South African English

Standard English

Welsh English

Contents

1 International Classifications

9 Sign Languages Based on English

10 Pidgins and Creoles

11 The Ishes

12 See also

13 External link

International Classifications

International English or World English
Commonwealth English
North American English
Mid-Atlantic English
South Asian English
East Asian English

Europe

British English
- Received Pronunciation (Queen's English, BBC English)
- England
  - Northern English
    - Northumberland (Geordie)
    - Durham (Pitmatic)
    - Cumbrian
    - Yorkshire
    - Lancashire
    - Merseyside (Scouse)
  - Midlands English
    - East
      - Derbyshire
      - Nottingham
      - Lincolnshire
      - Leicestershire
    - West
      - Black Country (Yam Yam)
      - Birmingham (Brummie)
  - East Anglian
    - Norfolk (Broad Norfolk)
  - Southern English
    - Estuary English
    - Cockney (London)
    - Somerset
    - Devon
    - Cornwall
- Scotland
  - Scottish English
  - Highland English
- Wales
  - Wenglish
  - Pembrokeshire Dialect
Hiberno-English

North America

American English
- Cultural
  - African-American Vernacular English (AAVE, Ebonics)
  - Gullah
  - Hawaiian Pidgin English
  - Chicano English
  - Native American English (Amerindian English) (see also subtypes below)
  - Pennsylvania Dutchified English
- Regional
  - Appalachian English
  - Baltimorese
  - 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
  - Standard Midwestern/General American
  - St. Louis-area English
  - Western American English
  - Western New England dialect
Bermudian English
Canadian English
- Native American English (Amerindian English)
- Newfoundland English
- Toronto English
Native American English (Amerindian English)
- Mojave English
- Isletan English
- Tsimshian English
- Lumbee English
- Tohono O'odham English
- Inupiaq English

Caribbean

Caribbean English
- Anguillan English
- Trinidadian English
Jamaican English

Asia

Africa

Oceania

Constructed

Sign Languages Based on English

Signed English
- Signed Exact English
Martha's Vineyard Sign Language
Auslan

Pidgins and Creoles

Bislama
Canton English
Hawaiian Pidgin
Krio
Norfuk
Tok Pisin

The Ishes

While not technically dialects, these variants may nonetheless be of interest to students of global English. Greeklish might appear to be similar but is in fact a transliteration method.

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)
Pinglish (Persian English)
Runglish (Russian English)
Spanglish/Nuyorican (Spanish English)
Swenglish (Swedish English)
Taglish (Filipino English)
Tanglish (Tamil English)
Tinglish/Thailish (Thai English)
Vinish (Vietnamese English)
Wenglish (Welsh English)
Yeshivish (Yeshiva English)
Yinglish (Yiddish English)

External link

American Dialects (http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atlas/NationalMap/NationalMap.html)
Runglish (http://runglish1.narod.ru)

Categories: English language | English dialects

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