List of dialects of the English language

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This is a list of dialects of the English language.

Major English dialects:

American English

Australian English

British English

Canadian English

Caribbean English

Filipino English

Hiberno-English

Indian English

Jamaican English

Liberian English

Malaysian English

New Zealand English

Scottish English

Singapore English

South African English

Table of contents

1 International Classifications
2 Europe
3 North America
4 Caribbean
5 Asia
6 Africa
7 Oceania
8 Constructed
9 Sign Languages Based on English
10 Pidgins and Creoles
11 The Ishes
12 See also
13 External link

International Classifications

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
  - Norfolk (Broad Norfolk)
  - 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

Africa

Oceania

Constructed

Sign Languages Based on English

Signed English

Martha's Vineyard Sign Language

Pidgins and Creoles

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)

External link

American Dialects