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List of dialects of the English language

This is a list of varieties of the English language. Dialects are varieties differing in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar from each other and from Standard English (which may itself be considered a dialect). British linguists distinguish dialect from accent, which refers only to pronunciation. Thus, any educated English person can use the vocabulary and grammar of Standard English, but different speakers are said to speak it using their own regional accent, or, in the case of Britain, with the class-based accent known as Received Pronunciation. American linguists, however, include pronunciation differences as part of the definition of regional or social dialects (better called varieties).

International classifications

Europe

North America

Caribbean

Asia

aharashtrian English|Maharashtrian English]]

Africa

Oceania

Constructed

Manual encodings of English

These encoding systems should not be confused with sign languages such as British Sign Language and American Sign Language.

The "Lishes"

The following are portmanteaus devised to describe certain local variants of 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 Pinglish) are transliteration methods rather than any kind of spoken variant of English.

See also

References

External links

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

Accents and Dialects]— a browsable collection of recordings by the British Library.

American Dialects]

British Isles]

Dialects of English Archive]

Non-Expert]

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English regions]


 
 
 

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