Dialect comparison

New York English vs Singlish

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

New York English

NYC English · New Yorkese

The English of New York City and surrounding areas. Marked by the famous tense-lax split of short-a, raised /ɔ/, and (historically) non-rhoticity.

Approximate centre
40.71°, -74.01°
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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