List of dialects of the English language
This is a
list of dialects of the English language.
International Classifications
\n*World English\n*Commonwealth English\n*North American English\n*Mid-Atlantic English
Europe
\n*British English\n**Received Pronunciation (Queen's English, BBC English)\n** England\n***Black Country English (Yam Yam)\n***Brummie\n***Cockney\n***East Anglian English\n***Estuary English\n***Geordie\n***Northern English\n***Norfolk (Broad Norfolk)\n***Scouse\n***South Midlands English\n***Southern English\n** Scotland\n***Scots English\n** Wales\n***Wenglish\n*Hiberno-English
North America
\n*American English\n**Cultural\n***African-American Vernacular English (AAVE, Ebonics)\n***Gullah\n***Hawaiian Pidgin English\n***Chicano English\n***Native American English (Amerindian English) (see also subtypes below)\n***Pennsylvania Dutchified English\n**Regional\n***Appalachian English\n***Baltimorese\n***Coastal Southeast English (Charleston, South Carolina, Savannah, Georgia area)\n***General American\n***Hayna Valley English (Scranton, Pennsylvania-area)\n***Hudson Valley English (Albany, New York-area)\n***Inland North American (Lower peninsula of Michigan, Chicago and upstate New York)\n***Jersey English\n***Louisianian English\n***New York City English\n***North Central English (includes Minnesota, North Dakota and some of South Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa)\n***North Midlands English (thin swath from Nebraska to Ohio)\n***Northeastern Coastal English (Eastern New England, Boston-English)\n***Philadelphia-area English\n***Pittsburgh-area English\n***Providence-area English\n***South Midlands English (thin swath from Oklahoma to Pennsylvania)\n***Southern American English\n***Southern Highland English\n***Standard Midwestern\n***St. Louis-area English\n***Western American English\n***Western New England dialect\n*Bermudian English\n*Canadian English\n**Native American English (Amerindian English)\n**Newfoundland English\n**Toronto English\n*Native American English (Amerindian English)\n**Mojave English\n**Isletan English\n**Tsimshian English\n**Lumbee English\n**Tohono O'odham English\n**Inupiaq English
Caribbean
\n*Caribbean English\n**Anguillan English\n**Trinidadian English\n*Jamaican English
Asia
\n*Filipino English\n*Indian English\n*Malaysian English\n*Pakistani English\n*Singapore English
Africa
\n*Liberian English\n*South African English
Oceania
\n*Australian English\n*New Zealand English
Constructed
\n*Basic English\n*Special English
Sign Languages Based on English
\n*Signed English\n*Martha's Vineyard Sign Language
Pidgins and Creoles
\n*Bislama\n*Canton English\n*Hawaiian Pidgin\n*Krio\n*Norfuk\n*Tok Pisin
The Ishes
\nWhile 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.
See also
\n*English language\n*
Dialect\n*
Creole language\n*
Pidgin
External link
\n*American Dialects
Category:English language
