English
English is documented on Dialect Atlas across 21 dialects, including Aboriginal Australian English, African American Vernacular English, Appalachian English.
Dialects of English
- Aboriginal Australian EnglishAAEA distinct Australian English variety used widely across Aboriginal communities. Shows substrate influence from many Aboriginal languages and forms a continuum with Kriol in northern Australia.
- African American Vernacular EnglishAAVE · Black English · EbonicsA widespread English variety with a coherent grammatical system, including aspectual habitual "be" and the zero copula. Spoken across the African American community throughout the United States.
- Appalachian EnglishThe 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.
- Australian EnglishGeneral AustralianThe mainstream variety of Australian English, used by the majority of speakers nationally. The General Australian sociolect, sitting between Broad and Cultivated extremes.
- Broad AustralianStrineThe 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.
- Cajun EnglishThe English of the Cajun communities of southern Louisiana, descended from generations of French-English bilingualism. Distinguished by intonation, vowel realisations, and lexical borrowings from Cajun French.
- Canadian EnglishThe English of English-speaking Canada. Closer to General American than to British English in most features, but with its own vocabulary and the well-known Canadian raising.
- Chicano EnglishMexican-American EnglishA native English variety spoken in Mexican-American communities of the US Southwest, particularly Los Angeles. Despite its name, most speakers are monolingual English speakers.
- Cultivated AustralianThe historically prestigious Australian English variety, modelled on British Received Pronunciation. Once dominant in broadcasting and law; now rare in everyday speech.
- Eastern New England EnglishBoston EnglishThe 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.
- General AmericanStandard American EnglishThe broad accent associated with national US broadcasting and most of the inland north and west. A reference point rather than a single regional variety.
- GeordieTyneside EnglishThe dialect of Newcastle and the Tyneside region. Retains a number of Old English and Norse-derived features lost elsewhere in England.
- Hawaiian PidginHawaii Creole English · PidginAn 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.
- Hiberno-EnglishIrish EnglishThe English of Ireland, shaped by long contact with Irish Gaelic. Distinctive grammar, intonation, and vocabulary set it apart from British and American varieties.
- Indian EnglishThe pluricentric variety of English used across India. Shaped by long contact with Hindi and other Indian languages, with its own pronunciation, grammar, and lexical norms.
- New York EnglishNYC English · New YorkeseThe English of New York City and surrounding areas. Marked by the famous tense-lax split of short-a, raised /ɔ/, and (historically) non-rhoticity.
- Newfoundland EnglishNewfie EnglishThe most distinctive variety of Canadian English, descended from 17th- and 18th-century West Country and Hiberno-English settlers. Strongly divergent from mainland Canadian English in vowels and grammar.
- Received PronunciationRP · BBC English · Standard Southern BritishThe traditional prestige accent of southern England. Long carried by national broadcasting and higher education, but no longer dominant in everyday British speech.
- Scottish EnglishThe variety of English spoken across Scotland. Distinct from Scots (which is sometimes counted as a separate language) but heavily influenced by it.
- SinglishSingapore Colloquial EnglishThe colloquial English of Singapore, mixing English with grammatical features and lexicon drawn from Hokkien, Malay, Cantonese, and Tamil.
- Southern American EnglishSouthern DrawlThe dialects of the US South, characterised by the Southern Vowel Shift, the pin-pen merger, and a distinct lexical tradition.
Common comparisons
All comparisons →Compare English dialects
- African American Vernacular EnglishvsAboriginal Australian English
- African American Vernacular EnglishvsAppalachian English
- African American Vernacular EnglishvsAustralian English
- African American Vernacular EnglishvsBroad Australian
- African American Vernacular EnglishvsCajun English
- African American Vernacular EnglishvsCanadian English