Dialect comparison

Eastern New England English vs Hawaiian Pidgin

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

Eastern New England English

Boston English

The traditional English of Boston and eastern New England. Non-rhotic in conservative speech, with the cot-caught merger and the famously Boston-broad short-a.

Approximate centre
42.36°, -71.06°
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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