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This is a list of dialects of the English language. Dialects are linguistic varieties which differ in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar from each other and from Standard English (which is itself a dialect).

British linguists distinguish dialect from accent, which refers only to pronunciation. Thus, any educated English speaker can use the vocabulary and grammar of Standard English, but different speakers use their own local words for everyday objects or actions, regional accent, or Received Pronunciation, which within the U.K. is considered an accent distinguished by class rather than by region. American linguists, however, include pronunciation differences as part of the definition of regional or social dialects. The combination of differences in pronunciation and use of local words may make some English dialects almost unintelligible from one region to another.

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[edit] Central and South America

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[edit] Oceania

Australian English (AusE, AusEng)
- Cultural
  - Australian Aboriginal English
  - Torres Strait English
- Regional
Fijian English
New Zealand English (NZE, NZEng)
Pitkern

[edit] Constructed

[edit] Manual encodings

Main article: Manually Coded English

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

[edit] "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.

Anglish ('purified' English)
Benglish (Bengali English)
Chinglish (Chinese English)
Czenglish (Czech English)
Danglish (Danish English)
Dunglish (Dutch English)
Engrish (Japanese English)
Finglish (Finnish English)
Franglais (French English)
Denglisch/Germlish/Genglish/Ginglish/Germish/Pseudo-Anglicism (German English)
Hebrish (Hebrew English) - also sometimes used to refer to English written with Hebrew characters
Italgish (Italian English)
Japlish (Japanese English)
Konglish (South Korean English)
Poglish (Polish English)
Porglish (Portuguese English)
Punglish (Punjabi English)
Rominglish/Romglish (Romanian English)
Runglish (Russian English)
Serblish (Serbian English)
Singlish (Singapore English, multiple varieties)
Spanglish (Spanish English)
Swanglish/Kiswanglish (Swahili English)
Swenglish (Swedish English)
Taglish (Tagalog English)
Tinglish/Thailish (Thai English)
Vinish (Vietnamese English)
Wenglish (Welsh English)
Yeshivish (Yeshiva English)

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[edit] See also

List of Chinese dialects

[edit] External links

Sounds Familiar? Listen to examples of regional accents and dialects from across the UK on the British Library's 'Sounds Familiar' website
English Accents and Dialects A browsable collection of recordings by the British Library.
Accents of English from Around the World Hear and compare how the same 110 words are pronounced in 50 English accents from around the world - instantaneous playback online
American Dialects
BBC sound archive of accents in the British Isles
whoohoo.co.uk British Dialect Translator Translate text into regional dialects from the British Isles
International Dialects of English Archive
Runglish
Regional Accents for the Non-Expert
Speech Accent Archive
Dialect Poetry from the English regions
American Languages: Our Nation's Many Voices: An online audio resource presenting interviews with speakers of German-American and American English dialects from across the United States.
thedialectdictionary.com - Compilation of Dialects from around the globe

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