Dialect comparison

General American vs Singlish

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

General American

Standard American English

The broad accent associated with national US broadcasting and most of the inland north and west. A reference point rather than a single regional variety.

Approximate centre
41.88°, -87.63°
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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