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Parent topics

• Language [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Language (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.
• Linguistics [r]: The scientific study of language. [e]

Subtopics

Varieties of English

Europe

• British English [r]: Any of the spoken and written variants of the English language originating in the United Kingdom; widely used around the world, especially in current and former countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. [e]

England

English English [r]: Add brief definition or description Cockney [r]: Working class Londoners, particularly those in the East End, or form of English spoken by this group. [e] Brummie [r]: A colloquial term for the inhabitants, accent and dialect of Birmingham, England, as well as being a general adjective used to denote a connection with the city, locally called Brum. [e]

Multicultural London English [r]: Add brief definition or description Yorkshire English [r]: Add brief definition or description

Scotland

• Scottish English [r]: All varieties of English spoken in Scotland; may not include Scots where this is identified as a language in its own right. [e]

Ireland

• Irish English [r]: Add brief definition or description

Wales

• Welsh English [r]: Add brief definition or description

Northern Ireland

• Northern Irish English [r]: Add brief definition or description

North America

• American English [r]: Any of the spoken and written variants of the English language originating in the United States of America; widely used around the world. [e]
• Canadian English [r]: Any of the dialects of English, standard or not, that are used in Canada. [e]

Caribbean

• Jamaican English [r]: Add brief definition or description

Australasia

• Australian English [r]: Add brief definition or description
• New Zealand English [r]: Add brief definition or description

Africa

• South African English [r]: Add brief definition or description

Asia

• Hong Kong English [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Singapore English [r]: Varieties of English spoken in Singapore; umbrella terms for these are Standard Singapore English (SSE) and Singapore Colloquial English (SCE, or 'Singlish'). [e]

Other related topics

• Commonwealth English [r]: A blanket term for the English that developed during the British Empire separately from the United States of America. [e]
• English grammar [r]: The body of rules describing the properties of the English language. [e]
• English phonemes [r]: A list of abstract sound units and their various spellings. [e]
• English spellings [r]: Lists and tables of English words, showing pronunciation. [e]
• Languages of the United States of America