English Dialects

This is a more complete listing of English dialects, although by no means comprehensive.

  • American English
    • African-American Vernacular English (AAVE, Ebonics)
    • Appalachian English
    • Baltimorese
    • Chicano English
    • Coastal Southeast English (Charleston, South Carolina, Savannah, Georgia area)
    • General American
    • Gullah
    • Hayna Valley English (Scranton, Pennsylvania-area)
    • Hudson Valley English (Albany, New York-area)
    • Inland North American (Southern pennisula of Michigan, Chicago and upstate New York)
    • Jersey English
    • Louisianian English
    • Native American English (see also subtypes below)
    • 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
  • Anguillan English
  • Australian English
  • Basic English (constructed)
  • Bermudan English
  • British English
    • Black Country English (Yam Yam)
    • Brummie
    • Cockney
    • East Anglian English
    • Estuary English
    • Geordie
    • Jock
    • Northern English
    • Received Pronunciation (Queen's English, BBC English)
    • Scouse
    • Scottish English
    • South Midlands English
    • South Welsh English
    • Southern English
    • Tyke
  • Canadian English
    • Native American English (see also subtypes below)
    • Newfoundland English
    • Toronto English
  • Caribbean English
  • Hiberno-English
  • Indian English
  • Jamaican English
  • Liberian English
  • Malaysian English (Manglish)
  • Native American English
    • Mojave English
    • Isletan English
    • Tsimshian English
    • Lumbee English
    • Tohono O'odham English
    • Inupiaq English
  • New Zealand English
  • Pakistani English
  • Singapore English (Singlish)
  • South African English
  • Trinidadian English

Pidgins and creoles include:

  • Beach-la-mar
  • Canton English
  • Krio
  • Tok Pisin

Extinct varieties:

  • Middle English
  • Old English

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