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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 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

	International English or World English
	Commonwealth English
	North American English
	Mid-Atlantic English
	South Asian English
	East Asian English

Europe

- European English

- British English

England (English English (EngEng))

	Received Pronunciation (Queen's English, BBC English)
Northern English	- Teesside - Geordie (spoken in Northumberland) - Pitmatic (spoken in Durham) - Cumbrian - Tyke (Yorkshire) - Lancashire - Mancunian (or 'Manc') - Scouse (spoken in Merseyside)
East Midlands English	- Derbyshire - Nottinghamshire - Lincolnshire - Leicestershire
West Midlands English	- Black Country (Yam Yam) - Brummie (spoken in Birmingham) - Potteries (North Staffordshire) - Herefordshire - Warwickshire - Worcestershire
East Anglian English	- Norfolk dialect (Broad Norfolk) - Suffolk dialect
South East England	- Estuary English - Cockney (London)
West Country dialects	- Somerset - Devon - Cornwall - Dorset

Scotland

	Scottish English
	Highland English

Wales

	Welsh English
	North East English a toned down Scouse/Manchester accent due to English population
	Pembrokeshire dialect

- Ireland (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)

	Hiberno-English
	Mid Ulster English

- Isle of Man

Manx English

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 - Northeast Pennsylvania English (Scranton, Pennsylvania-area) - Hudson Valley English (Albany, New York-area) - Maine-New Hampshire English - Philadelphia-area English - Pittsburgh English - Providence-area English - New York-New Jersey English - Vermont English
Midwest	- Inland North American (Lower peninsula of Michigan, northern Ohio and Indiana, Chicago, part of eastern Wisconsin and upstate New York) - North Central American English (includes Minnesota, North Dakota and some of South Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa) * Yooper dialect (the variety of North Central American English spoken in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and in some neighboring areas) - North Midlands English (thin swath from Nebraska to Ohio) - St. Louis-area English - Wisconsin-Illinois dialect
Southern English	- Appalachian English - Coastal Southeastern (Charleston, South Carolina, Savannah, Georgia area) - Harkers Island English (North Carolina) - Louisianian English - Southern Highland English - South Midlands English (thin swath from Oklahoma to Pennsylvania) - Texan - Virginia Piedmont - Virginia Tidewater - Yat (New Orleans)
Western English	- California English - Hawaiian English - Hawaiian Pidgin - Utah English - Pacific Northwest English

- Bermudian English

- Canadian English (CaE)

	Native American English (Amerindian English)
Quebec	Quebec English
Maritimes	- Newfoundland English - Cape Breton accent - Lunenburg English
Ontario	- Toronto English - Ottawa Valley Twang - Northern Ontario English

- Native American English (Amerindian English)

	Mojave English
	Isletan English
	Tsimshian English
	Lumbee English
	Tohono O'odham English
	Inupiaq English

Caribbean

- Caribbean English

	Anguillan English
	Bajan
	Bay Islands Creole
	Belizean Creole (Kriol)
	Guyanese Creole
	Jamaican English
	Limón Coastal Creole
	Miskito Coastal Creole
	San Andrés-Providencia Creole
	Trinidadian English

Asia

	Burmese English
	Hong Kong English
	Indian English
	Malaysian English (MyE)
	Philippine English
	Singapore English
	Sri Lankan English (SLE)

Africa

	Liberian English
	Malawian English
	Nigerian Pidgin English
	South African English

Oceania

Australian English (AuE)	- South Australian English - Western Australian English - Australian Aboriginal English
	Fijian English
	New Zealand English

Constructed

	E-Prime
	European English
	Globish
	Newspeak
	Special English

Sign languages based on English

	British Signed English
	US Signed Exact English (SEE)
	Australasian Signed English

Pidgins and creoles

	Bislama
	Cameroonian Pidgin English
	Canton English
	Gullah
	Hawaiian Pidgin
	Sierra Leone Krio language
	Nigerian Pidgin
	Norfuk
	Tok Pisin
	Miskito Coastal Creole

The "Ishes"

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	(Spanish English)
Swenglish	(Swedish English)
Taglish	(Filipino English)
Tanglish	(Tamil English)
Tinglish/Thailish	(Thai English)
Vinish	(Vietnamese English)
Yeshivish	(Yeshiva English)
Yinglish	(Yiddish English)

These 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.

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