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What's the difference between the various dialects of English?
I know of American English and British English, but how many other types of English are there?
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1possible duplicate of What's the difference between the various dialects of English? - While not exactly the same question, the answers are for same. Also see question #22622 – James Waldby - jwpat7 Jul 19 '12 at 18:22
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1What are you asking, exactly? How many dialects are there of English? Because that's a very very difficult question to answer. – fluffy Jul 19 '12 at 18:23
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2Wikipedia has a list of major ones. – Daniel Jul 19 '12 at 18:24
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The "duplicate" question doesn't mention Asian dialects of English. However, I believe the question is Not Constructive as it invites a list which can never be definitive. – Andrew Leach Jul 19 '12 at 18:45
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I expect that the correct answer would be slightly in excess of two billion. – Jul 20 '12 at 07:05
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Those are the biggest but, there are more. Also, British English is misleading as a term. It's really more of a collective term for the different forms of the language, within the UK. Covering what is literally English (the language used in England) and the other, non-English British forms.
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I'm reliably informed that Britain has far more dialectal variability than America, despite the fact that there are far less of us, and we live much closer together on average. – FumbleFingers Nov 08 '12 at 23:08