This is a list of varieties of the English language. Dialects are varieties differing in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar not to be confused with the regional accents of English speakers, which mark speakers as members of groups by their various pronunciations of the standard language.
International classifications
- European English
- British English (BrE)
- England (English English (EngEng))
- Received Pronunciation (Queen's English, BBC English)
- Northern English
- Geordie (spoken in Northumberland)
- Pitmatic (spoken in Durham)
- Cumbrian
- Tyke (Yorkshire)
- Lancashire
- Scouse (spoken in Merseyside)
- Midlands English
- East
- West
- Black Country (Yam Yam)
- Brummie (spoken in Birmingham)
- Potteries (North Staffordshire)
- Hertfordshire
- Warwickshire
- Worcestershire
- East Anglian English
- Norfolk dialect (Broad Norfolk)
- Suffolk Dialect
- South
- Scotland
- Wales
- England (English English (EngEng))
- Ireland (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)
- Isle of Man
North America
- American English (AmE)
- Spanglish
- Cultural
- African-American Vernacular English (AAVE)
- Appalachian English
- General American
- Nuyorican English
- Hawaiian Pidgin English
- Chicano English
- Native American English (Amerindian English) (see also subtypes below)
- Pennsylvania Dutchified English
- Yinglish
- Regional
- "General American"
- Northeastern dialects
- Baltimorese
- Boston 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)
- Maine-New Hampshire English
- Philadelphia-area English
- Pittsburgh English
- Providence-area English
- New York-New Jersey English
- Vermont English
- Midwest
- North Central American English (includes Minnesota, North Dakota and some of South Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa)
- North Midlands English (thin swath from Nebraska to Ohio)
- St. Louis-area English
- Wisconsin-Illinois dialect
- Southern English
- Western English
- Bermudian English
- Canadian English (CaE)
- Native American English (Amerindian 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. Most are not genuine mixed languages, but rather instances of heavy code-switching between English and another language. Some have stabilized into local dialects of English spoken by first-language English speakers. Greeklish and Pinglish might appear to be similar but are in fact transliteration methods.
- See also Portmanteaus for language mixtures
- Benglish (Bengali English)
- Chinglish (Chinese English)
- Czenglish (Czech English)
- Danglish (Danish English)
- Dunglish (Dutch English)
- Englog (Filipino English)
- Engrish (Japanese English)
- Finglish (Finnish English)
- Franglais (French English)
- Genglish/Ginglish/Germish/Pseudo-Anglicism (German English)
- Hinglish (Hindi English)
- Hunglish (Hungarian English)
- Konglish (South Korean English)
- Manglish/Malaysian Colloquial English (Malaysian English)
- Pinglish {Polish English)
- Runglish (Russian English)
- Serblish (Serbian English)
- Singlish (Singaporean English)
- Spanglish/Nuyorican (Spanish English)
- Swenglish (Swedish English)
- Taglish (Filipino English)
- Tanglish (Tamil English)
- Tinglish/Thailish (Thai English)
- Vinish (Vietnamese English)
- Yeshivish (Yeshiva English)
- Yinglish (Yiddish English)