Dialect comparison

Appalachian English vs Singlish

Compare two dialects of English side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Appalachian English

The English of the Appalachian mountains across West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and western North Carolina. Preserves several archaic Scotch-Irish features lost in other US varieties.

Approximate centre
38.35°, -81.63°
Singlish

Singapore Colloquial English

The colloquial English of Singapore, mixing English with grammatical features and lexicon drawn from Hokkien, Malay, Cantonese, and Tamil.

Approximate centre
1.35°, 103.82°

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