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List of dialects of English

The following is a list of dialects of English. Dialects are linguistic varieties which may differ in pronunciation, vocabulary, spelling and grammar. For the classification of varieties of English in terms of pronunciation only, see Regional accents of English.
Dialects can be defined as "sub-forms of languages which are, in general, mutually comprehensible."[1] English speakers from different countries and regions use a variety of different accents (systems of pronunciation), as well as various localized words and grammatical constructions; many different dialects can be identified based on these factors. Dialects can be classified at broader or narrower levels: within a broad national or regional dialect, various more localized sub-dialects can be identified, and so on. The combination of differences in pronunciation and use of local words may make some English dialects almost unintelligible to speakers from other regions.
The major native dialects of English are often divided by linguists into three general categories: the British Isles dialects, those of North America, and those of Australasia.[2] Dialects can be associated not only with place, but also with particular social groups. Within a given English-speaking country, there will often be a form of the language considered to be Standard English – the Standard Englishes of different countries differ, and each can itself be considered a dialect. Standard English is often associated with the more educated layers of society.
List

Europe


England
English language in England:
Received Pronunciation (sometimes erroneously called "the Queen's English" or Standard British English)
Northern  (In the North East, local speech is akin to Scots)[3]
Cheshire
Cumbrian (Cumbria including Barrovian in Barrow-in-Furness)
Geordie (Tyneside)
Hartlepudlian (Hartlepool)
Lancastrian (Lancashire)
Mackem (Sunderland)
Mancunian (Greater Manchester)
Northumbrian (Northumberland and northern County Durham)
Pitmatic (former mining communities of Northumberland and County Durham)
Scouse (Merseyside)
Smoggie (Teesside)
Yorkshire
East Midlands
West Midlands
Black Country
Brummie (Birmingham)
Potteries (north Staffordshire)
Coventry
East Anglian
Norfolk
Suffolk
Southern
Cockney (working-class London and surrounding areas)
Essaxon (Essex)
Estuary (middle-class London, Home Counties and Hampshire)
Pompey dialect (Portsmouth)
Kentish (Kent)
Multicultural London (London)
Sussex
West Country
Anglo-Cornish
Bristolian
Janner (Plymouth)
Dorset
Scotland
Scottish English comprising varieties based the Standard English of England.
Highland English
Scots is either considered one of the ancient varieties of English with its own distinct dialects or a distinct Germanic language separate from (Scottish) English.[4]
Insular
Northern
Central
Southern
Wales
Welsh English
Abercraf
Cardiff
Gower
Port Talbot
Isle of Man
Manx English
Channel Islands
Channel Island English
Gibraltar
Gibraltarian English
Ireland
Irish English
Ulster
Belfast
Derry
South Ulster
Ulster Scots dialects
West Donegal
Leinster
Dublin 
Dublin 4 (D4)
Inner city
Suburban Dublin
Dundalk
Wexford town
Connacht
Galway city
Mayo
Sligo town
Munster
Cork city
Kerry
Tipperary
Limerick city
Extinct
Forth and Bargy dialect (also known as Yola), thought to have been a descendant of Middle English, spoken in County Wexford[5][6]
Fingallian, another presumed descendant of Middle English, spoken in Fingal[5]
North America
North American English
United States
American English:
Cultural and ethnic American English
African American English ("Ebonics")
Boontling
Cajun Vernacular English
Hawaiian Pidgin
Latino Vernacular Englishes
Chicano English
Miami English
Pennsylvania Dutch English
Yeshiva English
General American English
General American: the "standard" or "mainstream" spectrum of American English.
Regional and local American English
Eastern New England
Boston and Maine: Greater Boston, including most of eastern Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Southeast super-region
Mid-Atlantic (Delaware Valley)
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Midland
North Midland: Omaha, Lincoln, Columbia, Springfield, Muncie, Columbus, etc.
South Midland: Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Topeka, Wichita, Kansas City, St. Louis (in transition), Decatur, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Dayton, etc.
"Hoi Toider"
New Orleans
Southern
Southern Appalachian: Linden, Birmingham, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Asheville, and Greenville
Texas Southern: Lubbock, Odessa, and Dallas
New York City
Northern
Inland Northern: Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, Western New York, the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, and most of the U.S. Great Lakes region
Western New England: Connecticut, Hudson Valley, western Massachusetts, and Vermont
North Central (Upper Midwestern): Brockway, Minot, Bismarck, Bemidji, Chisholm, Duluth, Marquette, etc. 
Upper Peninsula of Michigan ("Yooper")
Western
Californian
New Mexican
Northwestern
Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh)
Extinct or near-extinct American English
Older Southern American English
Transatlantic accent
Canada
Canadian English:
Atlantic Canadian English
Cape Breton English
Lunenburg English
Newfoundland English
Standard Canadian English
Quebec English
Ottawa Valley English
Pacific Northwest English
Bermuda
Bermudian English
Caribbean, Central, and South America
Caribbean English
Anguilla
Anguillan English
Antigua
Antiguan English
The Bahamas
Bahamian English
Barbados
Bajan English
Belize
Belizean English
Colombia
San Andrés–Providencia English
Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands English
Guyana
Guyanese English
Honduras
Bay Islands English
Jamaica
Jamaican English
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Kittitian English/Nevisian English (Also see Caribbean English)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Vincentian English
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidadian English
Asia
Brunei
Brunei English
Burma
Burmese English
Hong Kong
Hong Kong English (similar to British English)
Pakistan
Pakistani English
India
Indian English:
Standard Indian English
Indian English: the "standard" English used by administration and educated people.
Regional and local Indian English
East Region
Assamese/Bengali English
Oriya English
West Region
Gujarati English
Maharashtrian English
North Region
Hindustani English
Delhi/Punjabi English
U.P./Bihari English
Rajasthani English
North-East Indian English
South Region
Telugu English
Kannada English
Tamil English
Malayali English
Nepal
Nepali English
Malaysia
Malaysian English (Manglish) (similar to British English)
Philippines
Philippine English (PhE) (similar to American English with some influence of British English)
Singapore
Singapore English (SE) (similar to British English)
Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan English (SLE)
Africa
Cameroon
Cameroonian English
Ghana
Ghanaian English
Kenya
Kenyan English
Liberia
Liberian English (similar to American English)
Malawi
Malawian English
Namibia
Namlish
Nigeria
Nigerian English (similar to American English)
Nigerian Pidgin
South Africa
South African English (similar to Australian English and British English)
Black South African English
Acrolect
Mesolect
Cape Flats English
Indian South African English
White South African English
Broad accent
General accent
Cultivated accent
South Atlantic
South Atlantic English spoken on Tristan da Cunha and Saint Helena[7]
Uganda
Ugandan English
Oceania
Australia
Australian English (AusE, AusEng):
Cultural
General Australian
Broad Australian
Cultivated Australian
Australian Aboriginal English
Regional
South Australian English
Western Australian English
Torres Strait English
Victorian English
Queensland English
New Zealand
New Zealand English (NZE, en-NZ)
Maori English
Southland accent
Taranaki accent
Creoles


Pidgins and creoles exist which are based on, or incorporate, English, including Chinook Jargon (a mostly extinct trade language), American Indian Pidgin English, and Manglish (Malaysian English-Malay-Chinese-Tamil).
A pan-Asian English variation called Globalese has been described.[8]
Constructed

Several constructed languages exist based on English, which have never been adopted as a vernacular. Language scholars have stated that constructed languages are "no longer of practical use" with English as a de facto global language.[9]
Basic English
E-Prime
European English
Globish (Gogate)
Globish (Nerriere)
Newspeak
Special English
Simplified English
Manual encodings

British Signed English
US Signed Exact English (SEE)
Australasian Signed English
These encoding systems should not be confused with sign languages such as British Sign Language and American Sign Language, which, while they are informed by English, have their own grammar and vocabulary.
Code-switching
The following are portmanteaus devised to describe certain local varieties of English and other linguistic phenomena involving English. Although similarly named, they are actually quite different in nature, with some being genuine mixed languages, some being instances of heavy code-switching between English and another language, some being genuine local dialects of English used by first-language English speakers, and some being non-native pronunciations of English. A few portmanteaus (such as Greeklish and Fingilish) are transliteration methods rather than any kind of spoken variant of English.
Anglish (English stressing words of Germanic origin)
Arabish (Arabic English, mostly chat romanization)
Army creole (military dialect of acronyms and profanity)
Benglish (Bengali English)
Bislish (Bisaya English)
Béarlachas (English incorporated into Irish)
Chinglish (Chinese English)
Czenglish (Czech English)
Danglish (Danish English)
Dunglish (Dutch English)
Engrish (Japanese English) - most popularly refers to broken English used by Japanese in attempts at foreign branding.
Finglish (Finnish English)
Franglais (French English)
Denglisch/Pseudo-Anglicism (German English)
Greeklish (Greek English)
Heblish (Hebrew English)
Hinglish (Hindi English)
Konglish (South Korean English)
Manglish (Malaysian English)
Maltenglish (Maltese English)
Poglish (Polish English)
Porglish (Portuguese English)
Runglish (Russian English)
Sheng (a Swahili-English cant; originated among urban youths Nairobi, Kenya)
Siculish (Sicilian English)
Singlish (Singapore English, multiple pidgins)
Spanglish (Spanish English)
Swenglish (Swedish English)
Taglish (Tagalog English)
Tanglish (Tamil and English)
Tenglish (Telugu and English)
Tinglish/Thailish (Thai English)
Urdish (Urdu and  English)
Vinish (Vietnamese English)
Wenglish (Welsh English)
Yeshivish (Yeshiva English)
Yinglish (Yiddish English)
See also
Survey of English Dialects
Regional accents of English
History of the English language
Old English
Middle English
Early Modern English
Modern English
Anglish
Macaronic language
English language in Europe
English-based creole languages
List of English-based pidgins
World Englishes


Further reading
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 Listen to examples of regional accents and dialects from across the UK on the British Library's 'Sounds Familiar?' website

 – International Dialects of English Archive
 – English Dialects around the world

 - An online audio resource presenting interviews with speakers of German-American and American English dialects from across the United States