List of dialects of English
Appearance
This is a list of dialects of the English language.
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
- Wales
- 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
- Hawaiian English
- 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
- Cultural
- Bermudian English
- Canadian English
- Native American English (Amerindian English)
- Newfoundland English
- Toronto English
- Native American English (Amerindian English)
Caribbean
Asia
Africa
Oceania
Constructed
Sign Languages Based on English
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)
- 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)