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List of dialects of English

Dialects are linguistic varieties that may differ in pronunciation, vocabulary, spelling, and other aspects of grammar. For the classification of varieties of English in pronunciation only, see regional accents of English.

Europe
English language in Europe s and accents of English spoken in the British Isles Great Britain British English England English language in England: • Standard English (Not to be confused with the accent Received Pronunciation) • NorthernLancastrian (Lancashire) and CheshireBoltonMancunian (Manchester) • Scouse (Merseyside) • Cumbrian (Cumbria) • Barrovian (Barrow-in-Furness) • Northumbrian (Northumberland and County Durham) • Geordie (Tyneside) • Mackem (Sunderland) • Pitmatic (Great Northern Coalfield) • Smoggie (Teesside) • YorkshireEast MidlandsLincolnshireWest MidlandsBlack CountryBrummie (Birmingham) • Potteries (north Staffordshire) • CoventryEast AnglianNorfolkSuffolkEssexSouthernCockney (working-class London and surrounding areas) • EstuaryReceived Pronunciation (middle-class London, Home Counties and Hampshire) • Multicultural London (London) • SussexWest CountryCornwallBristolianDorsetJanner (Plymouth) Scotland Scottish English comprising varieties based on the Standard English of England. • GlasgowHighland English Wales Welsh EnglishAbercrafCardiffGowerPort Talbot Non-geographic based English AngloromaniBrogue British dependencies and territories • Channel Islands: Channel Island English • Isle of Man: Manx English • Gibraltar: Gibraltarian English • Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha: South Atlantic English Ireland Hiberno-English (Irish English) • UlsterUlster Scots dialect (contested) • LeinsterDublinDublin 4 (D4) • South-West IrelandExtinctYola language (also known as Forth and Bargy dialect), thought to have been a descendant of Middle English, spoken in County WexfordFingallian, another presumed descendant of Middle English, spoken in Fingal Continental Europe Euro EnglishEnglish in DenmarkEnglish in FinlandEnglish in GermanyEnglish in the NetherlandsEnglish in NorwayEnglish in SpainEnglish in Sweden ==== European interlanguages ==== • CzenglishDanglishDunglishFinglishFranglaisDenglischGreekglishHunglishItanglesePonglishEstonglishPorglish/PortuglishSiculishSpanglishLlanitoSwenglishRunglishSolombala English Mediterranean English in CyprusMaltese English == North America ==
North America
United States Interactive map of American English American English: • Cultural and ethnic American EnglishAfrican American EnglishAfrican-American Vernacular EnglishCajun Vernacular EnglishGeneral American: the "standard" or "mainstream" spectrum of American English • Latino (Hispanic) Vernacular Englishes • Chicano English (Mexican-American English) • Miami EnglishNew York Latino EnglishPennsylvania Dutch EnglishYeshiva EnglishAmerican Indian EnglishLumbee EnglishRegional and local American EnglishNorthern American EnglishInland Northern English: Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, Western New York, the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, and most of the U.S. Great Lakes regionNew England EnglishEastern New England English (including Boston and Maine English) • Rhode Island EnglishWestern New England English: Connecticut, Hudson Valley, western Massachusetts, and Vermont • North-Central (Upper Midwestern) English: northern Wisconsin, northern Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana • Metropolitan New York English • Southeast Super-Regional English • Midland American English • North Midland English: Iowa City, Omaha, Lincoln, Columbia, Springfield, Muncie, Columbus, etc. • South Midland English: Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Topeka, Wichita, Kansas City, St. Louis (in transition), Decatur, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Dayton, etc. • High Tider English: traditional dialect of the Chesapeake Bay, Tangier, Ocracoke, the Outer Banks, Virginia Barrier Islands, etc. • New Orleans EnglishPhiladelphia EnglishBaltimore EnglishSouthern American EnglishSouthern Appalachian English: Linden, Birmingham, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Asheville, and Greenville • Texan English: Lubbock, Odessa, and Dallas • Tennessean English: Nashville, Murfreesboro, Memphis • Western American EnglishCalifornia EnglishPacific Northwest EnglishWestern Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) EnglishExtinct or near-extinct American EnglishBoontling • "Good American Speech": Mid-Atlantic or Transatlantic English • Elite Northeastern American EnglishOlder Southern American EnglishAmerican English-based hybrid languages (creoles or pidgins)Afro-Seminole CreoleGullah language/Sea Island Creole English, South-East US related to Bahamian creole • Hawaiian Pidgin Canada Interactive map of Canadian English Canadian English: • Aboriginal English in CanadaBungi of the Canadian Metis people of British descent • Atlantic Canadian EnglishLunenburg EnglishNewfoundland EnglishGreater Toronto EnglishOttawa Valley EnglishQuebec EnglishStandard Canadian EnglishPacific Northwest English == Caribbean, Central, and South America ==
Caribbean, Central, and South America
Caribbean Caribbean English Antigua and Barbuda Antiguan and Barbudan EnglishAntiguan and Barbudan Creole The Bahamas Bahamian EnglishBahamian Creole Barbados Bajan EnglishBajan Creole Belize Belizean EnglishBelizean Creole Bermuda Bermudian English Cayman Islands Cayman Islands English Colombia San Andrés–Providencia English Costa Rica Limonese Creole Dominican Republic Samaná English Falkland Islands Falkland Islands English Guyana Guyanese EnglishGuyanese Creole Honduras Bay Islands English Jamaica Jamaican EnglishJamaican Patois Nicaragua Miskito Coast CreoleRama Cay Creole Panama Bocas del Toro Creole Puerto Rico Puerto Rican EnglishVirgin Islands Creole SabaSaban English Saint Vincent and the Grenadines • Vincentian English • Vincentian CreoleIyaric Trinidad and Tobago Trinidadian and Tobagonian EnglishTobagonian CreoleTrinidadian Creole Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Creole Virgin Islands Virgin Islands Creole == Asia ==
Asia
Bangladesh Bangladeshi English (Benglish or Banglish) • Banglish Brunei Brunei English CambodiaCambodian English China and Taiwan Chinese Pidgin English (Extinct) • Chinglish Hong Kong Hong Kong English India Indian English: • Standard Indian EnglishIndian English: the "standard" English used by government administration, it derives from the British Indian Empire. • Butler English: (also Bearer English or Kitchen English), once an occupational dialect, now a social dialect. • Regional and local Indian English • East Region: Odia English, Bhojpuriya English, Assamese English, Bengali English, North-East Indian English etc. • West Region: Gujarati English, Maharashtrian English etc. • North Region: Hindustani English (Hinglish), Delhi/Punjabi English, Rajasthani English etc. • South Region: Telugu English (Tenglish), Kannada English (Kanglish), Tamil English (Tanglish), Malayali English etc. Israel HeblishYeshivish Japan English in JapanEngrish Myanmar (Burma) Burmese/Myanmar English Korea Korean English Malaysia Malaysian EnglishManglish Maldives Maldivian English Middle East Arablish Nepal Nepali English Pakistan Pakistani EnglishUrdish Philippines Philippine EnglishTaglishBislish Singapore Singapore EnglishSinglish Sri Lanka Sri Lankan English Thailand Tinglish == Africa ==
Africa
Cameroon Cameroonian English Eswatini Swazi English Ethiopia Ethiopian English The Gambia Gambian English Ghana Ghanaian English Kenya Kenyan English Lesotho Lesotho English Liberia Liberian EnglishMerico language Malawi Malawian English Namibia Namlish Nigeria Nigerian English Rwanda Rwandan English Sierra Leone Sierra Leonean English South Africa South African English: Black South African English, White South African English, Indian South African English etc. • Cape Flats EnglishXhosa English South Atlantic South Atlantic English spoken on Tristan da Cunha and Saint Helena Tanzania Tanzanian English Uganda Ugandan English Zambia Zambian English ZimbabweZimbabwean English == Oceania ==
Oceania
Australia Australian EnglishGeneral Australian: Broad Australian, Cultivated Australian, Mediterranean accent etc. • Australian Aboriginal EnglishSouth Australian EnglishWestern Australian EnglishTorres Strait English Fiji Fiji English New Zealand New Zealand English: Māori English, Pasifika English, Southland accent, West Coast Irish Catholic accent, Taranaki accent etc. Palau Palauan English Papua New Guinea Papuan Pidgin English == World Global English ==
World Global English
These dialects are used in everyday conversation almost all over the world, and are used as lingua francas and to determine grammar rules and guidelines. • Standard EnglishLearning EnglishInternational EnglishEnglish as a lingua francaSimplified Technical English == Antarctica ==
Antarctica
Antarctic English == See also ==
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