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|name = English dialects

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|title = [[List of dialects of English|Dialects]] and [[regional accents of English|accents]] of [[Modern English]] by continent

| style="text-align:center;"|'''[[English language|English]] [[List of dialects of the English language|dialects]]'''

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| style="background:#aaddff; padding: 3px 0; text-align:center;"|'''United Kingdom'''

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|group1 = [[English Englishlanguage in Europe|Europe]]

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|1_group1 = [[HighlandBritish English|Great <br/>Britain]]

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|1_1_group1 = [[English language in England|England]]

|[[Scottish English]]

|1_1_list1 = child

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|1_1_1_group1 = [[English language in Northern England|North]]

|[[Welsh English]]

|1_1_1_list1 =

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* [[Cheshire dialect|Cheshire]]

| style="background:#aaddff; padding: 3px 0; text-align:center;"|'''Other countries'''

* [[Cumbrian dialect|Cumbria]]

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** [[Barrovian|Barrow]]

|[[African American Vernacular English|AAVE]] (Ebonics)

* [[Lancashire dialect|Lancashire]]

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* [[Scouse|Liverpool/Scouse]]

|[[American English]]

* [[Manchester dialect|Manchester]]

|-

* [[Northumbrian dialect|Northumbria]]

|[[Australian English]]

** [[Pitmatic]]

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** [[Mackem|Sunderland]]

|[[Bermudian English]]

** [[Geordie|Tyneside/Geordie]]

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** [[Smoggie|Teesside]]

|[[Canadian English]]

* [[Yorkshire dialect|Yorkshire]]

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|[[Caribbean English]]

|1_1_1_group2 = Midlands

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|1_1_1_list2 =

|[[Indian English]]

* [[East Midlands English|East Midlands]]

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|* [[HawaiianWest Midlands English|West Midlands]]

** [[Brummie dialect|Birmingham]]

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** [[Black Country dialect|Black Country]]

|[[Hiberno-English|Irish English]]

** [[Potteries dialect|Stoke-on-Trent]]

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|[[Hong Kong English]]

|1_1_1_group3 = [[English language in Southern England|South]]

|-

|1_1_1_list3 =

|[[Jamaican English]]

* [[East Anglian English|East Anglia]]

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|* [[LiberianEstuary English|London & Thames Estuary]]

** [[Cockney]]

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|** [[MalawianMulticultural London English|Multicultural]]

* [[Received Pronunciation]]

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|* [[Manglish|MalaysianWest Country English|West Country]]

** [[Cornish dialect|Cornwall]]

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** [[Dorset dialect|Dorset]]

|[[Mid Ulster English]]

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|1_1_group2 = [[New ZealandScottish English|Scotland]]

|1_1_list2 =

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* [[Glasgow dialect|Glasgow]]

|[[Newfoundland English]]

* [[Highland English|Highlands]]

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|[[Philippine English]]

|1_1_group3 = [[Welsh English|Wales]]

|-

|1_1_list3 =

|[[Singlish|Singaporean English]]

* [[Abercraf English|Abercraf]]

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|* [[South AfricanCardiff English|Cardiff]]

* [[Gower dialect|Gower]]

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|* [[SriPort LankanTalbot English|Port Talbot]]

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|1_group2 = [[Thinglish|Thai Hiberno-English|Ireland]]

|1_list2 =

|-

* [[Dublin English|Dublin]]

| style="background:#aaddff; padding: 3px 0; text-align:center;"|'''Miscellaneous'''

* [[South-West Irish English|South-West]]

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|* [[BasicUlster English|Ulster]]

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|1_group3 =

|[[Commonwealth English]]

|1_list3 =

|-

* [[Channel Island English|Channel Islands]]

|[[Globish]]

* [[Gibraltarian English|Gibraltar]]

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|* [[InternationalManx English|Isle of Man]]

* [[Maltese English|Malta]]

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|[[Plain English]]

|group2 = Americas

|-

|list2 = child

|[[Simplified English]]

|2_group1 = [[North American English|North <br/>America]]

|-

|2_list1 = child

|[[Special English]]

|2_1_group1 = [[Canadian English|Canada]]

|-

|2_1_list1 =

|[[Standard English]]

* [[Indigenous English in Canada|Aboriginal]]

|}

* [[Atlantic Canadian English|Atlantic]]

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** [[Lunenburg English|Lunenburg]]

** [[Newfoundland English|Newfoundland]]

* [[Toronto slang|Multicultural Toronto]]

* [[Ottawa Valley English|Ottawa Valley]]

* [[Quebec English|Quebec]]

* [[Standard Canadian English|Standard Canadian]]

|2_1_group2 = [[American English|United <br/>States]]

|2_1_list2 = child

|2_1_2_list1 =

* [[Midland American English|Midland]]

* [[New England English|New England]]

** [[Boston accent|Boston]]

** [[Eastern New England English|East]]

** [[Maine accent|Maine]]

** [[Western New England English|West]]

* [[New York City English|New York City]]

** [[New York accent|accent]]

* [[Northern American English|North]]

** [[Inland Northern American English|Inland North]]

** [[North-Central American English|North-Central]]

* [[Philadelphia English|Philadelphia]]

** [[Baltimore accent|Baltimore]]

* [[Southern American English|South]]

** [[Southern accent (United States)|accent]]

** [[Appalachian English|Appalachia]]

** [[High Tider|Chesapeake/Outer Banks]]

** [[New Orleans English|New Orleans]]

** [[Older Southern American English|Older South]]

** [[Texan English|Texas]]

* [[Western American English|West]]

** [[California English|California]]

** [[Pacific Northwest English|Pacific Northwest]]

* [[Western Pennsylvania English|Western Pennsylvania]]

|2_1_2_group2 = Social and <br/>ethno-cultural

|2_1_2_list2 =

* [[African-American English|African-American]]

** [[African-American Vernacular English|Vernacular]]

* [[American Indian English|American Indian]]

* [[Cajun English|Cajun]]

* [[Chicano English|Chicano]]

* [[General American English|General American]]

* [[Good American Speech]]

* [[Miami accent|Miami Latino]]

* [[New York Latino English|New York Latino]]

* [[Northeastern elite accent|Northeastern elite]]

* [[Pennsylvania Dutch English|Pennsylvania Dutch]]

|2_group3 = [[Caribbean English|Caribbean]]

|2_list3 =

* [[Antiguan and Barbudan English|Antigua and Barbuda]]

* [[Bahamian English|The Bahamas]]

* [[English in Barbados|Barbados]]

* [[Bequia English|Bequia]]

* [[Cayman Islands English|Cayman Islands]]

** [[Bay Islands English|Bay Islands]]

* [[Jamaican English|Jamaica]]

* [[Saban English|Saba]]

* [[Samaná English|Samaná]]

* [[Trinidadian and Tobagonian English|Trinidad and Tobago]]

|2_group4 =

|2_list4 =

* [[Bermudian English|Bermuda]]

* [[Falkland Islands English|Falkland Islands]]

|group3 = Oceania

|list3 = child

|3_group1 = [[Australian English|Australia]]

|3_list1 =

* [[Variation in Australian English|variation]]

** [[Australian English phonology|accent]]

* [[Australian Aboriginal English|Aboriginal]]

* [[South Australian English|South]]

* [[Torres Strait English|Torres Strait]]

* [[Western Australian English|West]]

|3_group2 =

|3_list2 =

* [[Culture of Fiji#Fiji English|Fiji]]

* [[New Zealand English|New Zealand]]

** [[New Zealand English phonology|accent]]

* [[Palauan English|Palau]]

* [[Solomon Islands English|Solomon Islands]]

|group4 = Africa

|list4 =

* [[Cameroonian English|Cameroon]]

* [[Gambian English|The Gambia]]

* [[Ghanaian English|Ghana]]

* [[Kenyan English|Kenya]]

* [[Liberian English|Liberia]]

* [[Malawian English|Malawi]]

* [[Namlish|Namibia]]

* [[Nigerian English|Nigeria]]

* [[Sierra Leonean English|Sierra Leone]]

* [[South African English|South Africa]]

** [[White South African English phonology|accent]]

** [[Cape Flats English|Cape Flats]]

* [[South Atlantic English|South Atlantic]]

* [[Ugandan English|Uganda]]

* [[Zimbabwean English|Zimbabwe]]

|group5 = Asia

|list5 = child

|5_group1 = East Asia

|5_list1 =

* [[Hong Kong English|Hong Kong]]

|5_group2 = [[South Asian English|South Asia]]

|5_list2 =

* [[Bangladeshi English|Bangladesh]]

* [[Indian English|India]]

** [[Regional differences and dialects in Indian English|regional and occupational]]

* [[Maldivian English|Maldives]]

* [[Nepalese English|Nepal]]

* [[Pakistani English|Pakistan]]

* [[Sri Lankan English|Sri Lanka]]

|5_group3 = [[Southeast Asian English|Southeast Asia]]

|5_list3 =

* [[Brunei English|Brunei]]

* [[Cambodian English|Cambodia]]

* [[Malaysian English|Malaysia]]

* [[Myanmar English|Myanmar]]

* [[Philippine English|Philippines]]

* [[Singapore English|Singapore]]

* [[Tinglish|Thailand]]

|group6 = Antarctica

|list6 =

* [[Antarctic English|Antarctica]]

|group8 = Related

|list8 =

* [[English language]]

* [[Basic English|Basic]]

* [[Broad and general accents]]

* [[Comparison of American and British English]]

* [[E-Prime]]

* [[Engrish]]

* [[English as a lingua franca]]

* [[English-based creole languages]]

* [[Englishisation]]

* Globish

** [[Globish (Gogate)|Gogate]]

** [[Globish (Nerrière)|Nerrière]]

* [[International English|International]]

* [[Jewish English varieties|Jewish English]] ([[Yeshiva English]])

* [[Learning English (version of English)|Learning]]

* [[Linguistic purism in English]]

* [[List of English-based pidgins]]

* [[Non-native pronunciations of English]]

* [[Plain English|Plain]]

* [[Standard English|Standard]]

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