List of dialects of the English language

This is a list of dialects of the English language.

International Classifications

• World English
• Commonwealth English
• North American English
• Mid-Atlantic English

Europe

• British English
  • Received Pronunciation (Queen's English, BBC English)
  • England
    • Black Country English (Yam Yam)
    • Brummie
    • Cockney
    • East Anglian English
    • Estuary English
    • Geordie
    • Northern English
    • Scouse
    • South Midlands English
    • Southern English
  • Scotland
    • Scots English
  • Wales
    • South Welsh English
• 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)
    • General American
    • 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)
    • Jersey English
    • Louisianian English
    • New York City 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
    • 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

• Filipino English
• Indian English
• Malaysian English
• Pakistani English
• Singapore English

Africa

• Liberian English
• South African English

Oceania

• Australian English
• New Zealand English

Constructed

• Basic English
• Special English

Sign Languages Based on English

• Signed English
• Martha's Vineyard Sign Language

Pidgins and Creoles

• Beach-la-mar
• Canton English
• Krio
• 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)
• 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)
• Swinglish (Swedish English)
• Taglish (Filipino English)
• Tanglish (Tamil English)
• Tinglish/Thailish (Thai English)
• Vinish (Vietnamese English)
• Wenglish (Welsh English)
• Yeshivish (Yeshiva English)
• Yinglish (Yiddish English)

See also

• English language
• Dialect
• Creole
• Pidgin

External link

• American Dialects