Thesaurus:English language

Thesaurus

English language

English

Proper noun

Sense: the English language

Synonyms

• English
• Modern English

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

• Chinglish
• Engrish
• Hinglish
• Janglish
• Japlish

Language blend

• Spanglish

Other language when heavily borrowing English words

• Denglisch
• Frenglish

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