Thesaurus:English language
English
Proper noun
Sense: the English language
Synonyms
Classes
- Germanic language [⇒ thesaurus]
- analytic language [⇒ thesaurus]
- language [⇒ thesaurus]
Hyponyms
Contemporary varieties
- African American Vernacular English
- American [⇒ thesaurus]
- American English
- Australian
- Australian English
- British English
- Brummie
- Canadian English
- Cockney
- Commonwealth English
- English English
- General American
- Geordie
- Hiberno-English
- Irish English
- King's English
- New Zealand English
- Queen's English
- Scouse
- Southern American English
- Strine
- Yat
Various
Time varieties, not part of Modern English
- Classical English
- Old English
- Middle English
- Medieval English
- Early Middle English
- Late Middle English
Impure English influenced by another language
Language blend
Other language when heavily borrowing English words
See also
- Category:en:English
Further reading
- “English” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
- "English language" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.
- List of dialects of English on Wikipedia.Wikipedia