List of dialects of the English language

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This is a list of varieties of the English language. Dialects are varieties differing in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar not to be confused with the regional accents of English speakers, which mark speakers as members of groups by their various pronunciations of the standard language.

English dialects

British Isles

United States

African American Vernacular English

North Central American English

Hawaiian English

Southern American English

Canada

Oceania

Asia

Other countries

South African English

Miscellaneous

Basic English

Commonwealth English

Globish

International English

Leet English

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 links

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International classifications

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Europe

European English
British English (BrE)
- England (English English (EngEng))
  - Received Pronunciation (Queen's English, BBC English)
  - Northern English
    - Geordie (spoken in Northumberland)
    - Pitmatic (spoken in Durham)
    - Cumbrian
    - Tyke (Yorkshire)
    - Lancashire
    - Scouse (spoken in Merseyside)
  - Midlands English
    - East
    - West
      - Black Country (Yam Yam)
      - Brummie (spoken in Birmingham)
      - Potteries (North Staffordshire)
      - Hertfordshire
      - Warwickshire
      - Worcestershire
  - East Anglian English
    - Norfolk dialect (Broad Norfolk)
    - Suffolk Dialect
  - South
    - Estuary English
    - Cockney (London)
    - Patawa (Immigrant groups of London)
    - Somerset
    - Devon
    - Cornwall
    - Dorset
- Scotland
  - Scottish English
  - Highland English
- Wales
  - Welsh English
  - Pembrokeshire Dialect
Ireland (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)
- Hiberno-English
- Mid Ulster English
Isle of Man
- Manx English

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North America

American English (AmE)
- Spanglish
- Cultural
  - African-American Vernacular English (AAVE)
  - Appalachian English
  - General American
  - Nuyorican English
  - Hawaiian Pidgin English
  - Chicano English
  - Native American English (Amerindian English) (see also subtypes below)
  - Pennsylvania Dutchified English
  - Yinglish
- Regional
  - "General American"
  - Northeastern dialects
  - Midwest
    - North Central American English (includes Minnesota, North Dakota and some of South Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa)
    - North Midlands English (thin swath from Nebraska to Ohio)
    - St. Louis-area English
    - Wisconsin-Illinois dialect
  - Southern English
    - Appalachian English
    - Coastal Southeastern (Charleston, South Carolina, Savannah, Georgia area)
    - Louisianian English
    - Southern Highland English
    - South Midlands English (thin swath from Oklahoma to Pennsylvania)
    - Texan
    - Yat (New Orleans)
  - Western English
Bermudian English
Canadian English (CaE)
Native American English (Amerindian English)

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Caribbean

Caribbean English

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Asia

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Africa

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Oceania

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Constructed

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Sign languages based on English

Main article: Manually Coded English

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Pidgins and creoles

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The "Ishes"

While not technically dialects, these variants may nonetheless be of interest to students of global English. Most are not genuine mixed languages, but rather instances of heavy code-switching between English and another language. Some have stabilized into local dialects of English spoken by first-language English speakers. Greeklish and Pinglish might appear to be similar but are in fact transliteration methods.