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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}} ==International classifications== *International_English ''or'' World English *Commonwealth_English *North_American_English *Mid-Atlantic_English *South_Asian_English *East_Asian_English ==Europe== *European_English *British_English (BrE) ** England (English_English (EngEng)) *** Received_Pronunciation (Queen's English, BBC English) *** Northern_English **** Northumberland (Geordie) **** Durham (Pitmatic) **** Cumbrian **** Yorkshire (Tyke) **** Lancashire **** Merseyside (see also Scouse) *** Midlands_English **** East ***** Derbyshire ***** Nottinghamshire ***** Lincolnshire ***** Leicestershire **** West ***** Black Country (Yam Yam) ***** Birmingham (Brummie) ***** Potteries (North Staffordshire) ***** Hertfordshire ***** Warwickshire ***** Worcestershire *** East_Anglian_English **** Norfolk_dialect (Broad Norfolk) **** Suffolk_Dialect *** Southern_English ****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 ==North America== *American_English (AmE) **Cultural ***African-American_Vernacular_English (AAVE) ***General_American ***Nuyorican_English ***Hawaiian_Pidgin_English ***Chicano_English ***Native_American_English (Amerindian English) (see also subtypes below) ***Pennsylvania_Dutchified_English ***Yinglish **Regional ***Appalachian_English ***Baltimorese ***Boston English ***California_English ***Coastal_Southeast_English (Charleston,_South_Carolina, Savannah,_Georgia area) ***Hawaiian_English ***Hawaiian_Pidgin ***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) ***Louisianian_English ***New_York-New_Jersey_English ***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) ***Philadelphia-area_English ***Pittsburgh_English ***Providence-area English ***South_Midlands_English (thin swath from Oklahoma to Pennsylvania) ***Southern_American_English ***Southern_Highland_English ***St._Louis-area_English ***Western_American_English ***Wisconsin-Illinois_dialect ***Yat_(New_Orleans) *Bermudian_English *Canadian_English **Native_American_English (Amerindian_English) **Quebec_English **Newfoundland_English **Toronto English **Ottawa_Valley_Twang *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== *Hong_Kong_English *Indian_English *Malaysian_English (MyE) *Philippine_English *Singapore English *Sri_Lankan_English (SLE) ==Africa== *Liberian_English *Malawian_English *South_African_English ==Oceania== *Australian_English (AuE) **South_Australian_English **Western_Australian_English **Australian_Aboriginal_English *Fijian_English *New_Zealand_English ==Constructed== *Basic_English *E-prime *Globish *Special_English *European_English ==Sign languages based on English== {{mainarticle|Manually Coded English}} * British Signed English * US Signed_Exact_English (SEE) * Australasian Signed English ==Pidgins and creoles== *Bislama *Cameroonian_Pidgin_English *Canton_English *Gullah *Hawaiian_Pidgin *Krio *Nigerian_Pidgin *Norfuk *Tok_Pisin *Miskito_Coastal_Creole ==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. *Benglish (Bengali English) *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) *Hunglish (Hungarian English) *Konglish (South Korean English) *Manglish/Malaysian_Colloquial_English (Malaysian English) *Runglish (Russian English) *Serblish (Serbian English) *Singlish (Singaporean English) *Spanglish/Nuyorican (Spanish English) *Swenglish (Swedish English) *Taglish (Filipino English) *Tanglish (Tamil English) *Tinglish/Thailish (Thai English) *Vinish (Vietnamese English) *Yeshivish (Yeshiva English) *Yinglish (Yiddish English) ==See also== *History_of_the_English_language *Old English *Middle_English *Early_Modern_English *Modern_English *Macaronic ==External links== * American Dialects * BBC sound archive of accents in the British Isles * International Dialects of English Archive * Runglish * Regional Accents for the Non-Expert * Category:Forms_of_English De:Englische_Sprache_in_anderen_Sprachen Fr:Variations_régionales_de_l'anglais Zh:英語種類列表
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