Dialect comparison

Broad Australian vs Hawaiian Pidgin

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

Broad Australian

Strine

The most strongly-marked sociolect of Australian English, traditionally rural and outback in association. Famously caricatured as "Strine"; recognisable by its diphthongal vowels and broad nasalisation.

Approximate centre
-23.70°, 133.88°
Hawaiian Pidgin

Hawaii Creole English · Pidgin

An English-based creole that emerged on the plantations of Hawaiʻi in the late 19th century. Now native to a substantial share of the Hawaiʻi-born population, with influences from Hawaiian, Portuguese, Cantonese, and Japanese.

Approximate centre
21.31°, -157.86°

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