List of dialects of the English language
This is a list of dialects of the English language.
International Classifications
Europe
North America
- American English
- Cultural
- Regional
- Appalachian English
- Baltimorese
- Coastal Southeast English (Charleston, South Carolina, Savannah, Georgia area)
- General American
- Hawaiian English
- 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)
- Jersey English
- Louisianian English
- 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
- Bermudian English
- Canadian English
- Native American English (Amerindian English)
- Mojave English
- Isletan English
- Tsimshian English
- Lumbee English
- Tohono O'odham English
- Inupiaq English
Caribbean
Asia
Africa
Oceania
Constructed
Sign Languages Based on English
Pidgins and Creoles
The Ishes
While not technically dialects, these variants may nonetheless be of interest to students of global English. Greeklish might appear to be similar but is in fact a transliteration method.
See also
