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A Collection of Links for Dialectologists
 

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English Dialects:
 

| General | British Dialects | Australian & NZ Dialects | American Dialects | Other Dialects |
 
General:
 
The Dialect Project 
USA - UK English Dictionary 
English Dialects and Sociolects
 
BritSpeak 
English Through the Ages  
English Dialect Links 
 
British Dialects:
 
Northern: 
Yorkshire Folk Talking  
Bill O'th Hoylus End - A 19th Century Yorkshire Dialect Poet  
Yorkshire Dialect  
Geordie Pride  
Geordie Passions  
Steve McCaffery (Yorks Dialect audio) 
Geordie Dialect and Geordie origins 
GonMad Cumbrian Dictionary 
Lancashire Phrases 
Lancashire Dialect 
Yorkshire Dialect Quiz 
  
Midlands: 
The Black Country Dialect 
Jabez and North Staffordshire Dialect 
 
 
Potteries - Stoke on Kent 
Eastwood Dialect 
  
Cockney: 
Language in London 
Cockney Rhyming Slang 
Charva Text 
Backate for Beginners 
  
Southern: 
A. Cossey's Norfolk Grammar 
Norfolk Audio Samples 
Norfolk Dialect WAV File 
Norfolk Genealogy - Dialect 
Lernz ta tawks lika PIKEY..(Surrey) 
West Country Dialects 
Wiltshire Dialect 
Coleridge and Devon Dialect 
Willian Barnes Home Page 
Cornish English Dialect
 
American English Dialects:
 
 General:
American Dialect Links
VASTA Dialect Resources 
LAMSAS Home Page
American Slanguages 
Archives of the American Dialect Society
Samuel French, Inc. Dialect Tapes
Sense About American Dialects
Geekspeak
 
Northern:
Examples of Black Dialect
The New York City Dialect
Brooklyneeese!
Canadian raising & Canadian English
Black English
 
Midland:
American in the Mid Atlantic
Southern Highland Speech

Smoky Mountain Memories 
 
Endangered Ocracoke Dialect  
Pennsylvania Dialect
The Central Eastern/Eastern Pennsylvania Dialect 
Ocracoke Dialect Endangered 
Appalachian Dialect 
North Carolina Language and Life Project 
  
 Southern: 
Larn ta Speek Bubbaese 
Louisiana Sayings 
Texas Sayings 
How to Speak Southern 
Moon Shiner's Jar - Tennessee 
My Accent - Mississippi Dialect 
Suthern Dikshunary 
Southern Comfort
 
Australian and New Zealand English Dialects:
 
Koala Net's Aussie Slang  
English in Australia 
Outrageous Aussie Sayings 
Larry's Aussie Slang  
Strine, or an Aussie Lexicon 
Australian English FAQ 
Kiwi-Yank Glossary
 
Aussie Slanguage Links 
Australian Pronunciation  
Australian slang dictionary 
Strine Online 
Casual Aussie Slang Page 
Kiwi Glossary (PS Download)
 
Other English Dialects:
 General: 
English Creoles  
Full on Pidgin 
Pidgin Story Archive 
Pidgin to da Max 
Pitcairn Creole 
Sranan  
Tales of Old Shanghai: Pidgin English 
The Creole Database - Links
Bermuda Dialect
 
Notes on Indian English 
Trini Talk: A Dialect Poem by Miguel Browne 
Bislama, Vanuatu's Pidgin 
 
Jamaican Creole: 
Jamaican Patois 
Jam Dung Dictionary 
Patois: Jamaica's Language 
Learn to speak Jamaican 
Virtual Singlish
 

Scots Dialects:

 
  
Aiberdeen Univairsitie Scots Leid Quorum
Wir Ain Leid: An innin til Modren Scots
What is Scots? 
A Scots Glossary
The Click and Listen Project for Scots 
(with high-quality sound files!). 
Scottish texts
Works by Scottish authors with a poem in Shetland dialect
Scots Language Resource Center
Scots Real-Audio Samples
Twa Leids - Scottish Language Program
Bibliography for Students of Scots
What is the Scots Language?
Doric Net
 
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Dutch Dialects:
 

 
De Oare Útjouwerij
Dutch Creoles
Heufdziede Tweants / Neersassiesplat
EEN EEUW LIMBURGSE DIALECTOLOGIE 
SlotNet - Internet - Tegels Dialect
Brabants Wordbook
Mestreechter Vastelaovend 1997
Grunneger Bladziede
Languages of Belgium 
Stories in Low-Saxon (Drents)
Dialect & Identity in School in the Netherlands 
 
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High German Dialects:
 

 | General | Central | Alemannic & Swiis German | Bavarian & Swabian | Other |
 
General High German Dialects:
 
Central High German Dialects:
 
Bavarian and Swabian Dialects:
 
Alemannic and Swiss German Dialects:
 
Other German Dialects:
 The Amish Market Pennsylvania Dutch Dictionary  
Sprog i Sydslesvig  
Pennsylvania Dutch (Deitsch)  
Aberlausitzer Mundart-Poem  
Dialekt im Hinterland 
 
Poem - Dr Letzt Schwob  
Allgäuer Mundart an der vhs Buchloe  
Unser Dialekt - HS Hard - Mwbg (audio) 
Mein schönstes Ferienerlebnis 
 
| English | Scots | Dutch | German | Low German | Frisian | Scandinavian | Italian | French | Other Romance Dialects | Other European Dialects | Other Links | Back to the Top
 

Low German Dialects:
 

 
General:
Plattdeutsch at Folk Hart
With an extensive list of links to other Platt sites.. 
Platt Online (index)
Low Saxon Words For the Beginner
Middle Low Saxon
Institut für niederdeutsche Sprache
Plattsnackers - Woerterbuch
Berlinisch
Saarländisch für Anfänger
Akademie för uns kölsche Sproch
Die Sprache der Berliner
Karlsruher Mundart (with audio)
Saarländisch -> Deutsch
Eine Plattdeutsche HomePage

Westfälisch - Marburg 
Das Rheinische Platt 
Duesseldorfer - Platt 
Münsterländer Platt 
FriesMusiek - Musik van de PlattPlanet 
 
Wir Lernen Plattdeutsch - Radio Bremen 
A great way to learn Plattdeutsch from Radio Bremen (with Audio as well).
Plautdiitsch: 
Plautdietsch Dictionary; Index 
Dialect of the Mennonites 
Plautdiitsch - Nederlands 
De Plautdietsche Aikj 
Die Sprache von den Mennonites 
Mennonite Heritage Cruise 
WBT CANADA - Language: Plautdietsch 
Article dealing with the Plautdietsch translation of the bible with a short sample text and sound file. 
 
Frisian Dialects:
 
 
Grammatische Friesische 
Guddai" - Friesisch für Anfänger 
Frisian Samples 
Universal Survey of Languages - Frisian
 
Oostfreeske Taal - Index 
Ostfriesland : Literatur 
Riedfan de Fryske Beweging 
Üs Söl'ring Lön'
 
| English | Scots | Dutch | German | Low German | Frisian | Scandinavian | Italian | French | Other Romance Dialects | Other European Dialects | Other Links | Back to the Top

 
Scandinavian Dialects:
 

 
 Danish: 
Dansk Lydhistorie - Danske dialekter 
 
Norwegian: 
Norway's 2 Languages 
 
Dalska: 
 Alvdal Smålet-Dialekt 
 About "Dalska" 
  
Gutamål: 
Guide to Gutamål 
Gotland, Lau Socken, Gotlands södra härad 
  
 Jamska: 
 Jamtsk Ordlista 
 Jamska- det lokala språket i Jämtland  
 Literature about the Jamska language 
Skansk: 
Hurman pratar skånska. 
The Scanian Wordlist 
Skånemål 
The Scanian Language 
Peter's Scanian wordlist 
Bepp's Scanian wordlist 
Skånsk Ordlista med Ljud Exempel 
  
Other Swedish Dialects: 
Swedish Local Languages 
Big Index of Swedish dialects 
Pitea Dialect Facts 
Another language: Våmhusmålet 
Malungsmaal 
Övre Norrland Dialect Text 
The Dying of Swedish in America
 
| English | Scots | Dutch | German | Low German | Frisian | Scandinavian | Italian | French | Other Romance Dialects | Other European Dialects | Other Links | Back to the Top
 

Italian Dialects:
 

  
General: 
Dialetti 
Die italienischen Dialekte 
I Dialetti Italiani 
Overview of Italian Dialects 
Lingua e Dialetto 
Italienische Mundarten by Ursula Neureiter 
Italian Language (with a section in English "Italian Dialects") 
Dialects of Italy  
   
Northern: 
Milanese Dialect  
Dialetto ticinese  
Carrara - il Dialetto 
El Diaeto Veneto / Venetian Dialect  
Milanese Dialect Grammar  
Nòste Rèis  
Definiziun dal lumbard cumun 
Vallée d'Aoste - Mercator 
Ël Sol Ëd j'Alp  
La pagina pa i visentini e veneti
Proverbi in dialetto vicentino 
Le lingue della Val Pellice 
BUDRIO IN DIALET 
 
Central: 
Dialetto di Lizzano 
Il dialetto Ascolano  
I proverbi ascolani 
Proverbi e Detti Molisani 
Canta U Populu Corsu 
Proverbi in dialetto velletrano
  
Southern: 
Ispanismi nel dialetto napoletano 
Calabria (Poetry in Calabrese Dialect) 
Proverbi calabresi 
Tursitino Dialect Poetry  
Cilento Cultura - Dialetto (audio) 
Salentino - Franchiddese 
Süditalien- Dialekte im Wandel  
 
Sicilian: 
Proverbi dialettali siciliani 
Vanni Pucci - Sicilian Poetry  
Sicilian Dialect 
Notes on The Sicilian Dialect  
Poisia in Dialettu Sicilianu  
Sicilian Proverbs & Expressions  
 
Sardinian: 
Sa Limba Sarda - Sardinian Language 
The Sardinian Documents 
  
Other Italian Dialects: 
Canadian Italian  
Judeo-Italian (Jit)
| English | Scots | Dutch | German | Low German | Frisian | Scandinavian | Italian | French | Other Romance Dialects | Other European Dialects | Other Links | Back to the Top

 
French Dialects:
 

 
General: 
Zefkeed' Zweveghem 
Languages in Luxembourg 
La page Jèrriaise à Geraint 
Lé Vièr Lîngo Gèrriois 
Le Normand - Langue ou Patois? 
Picard Poems 
The Picard Page 
Glossaire Du Dialecte Basèclois 
Min Waip' 
Le patois 
Le Patois Tarougne 
 
Walloon:  
The Walloon Page 
Le Patois de L'Ile d'Oleron 
Centre Historique Minier de Lewarde 
Walon
 
About Walloon 
Walon at Open Net 
Brief Walloon Course 
  
Canadian French: 
Alternative Quebecois Dictionary 
Notes on Alsacien 
Phonétique du français québébécois 
Dictionnaire du Québécois  
CIRAL-Quebecois French  
  
Other French Dialects: 
Intro to Louisiana French Creole 
Learn Cajun French 
Louisiana French Creole 
Encyclopedia of Cajun Culture
 
| English | Scots | Dutch | German | Low German | Frisian | Scandinavian | Italian | French | Other Romance Dialects | Other European Dialects | Other Links | Back to the Top

 
Other Romance Dialects:
 

 
Spanish: 
La Llingua Lleonesa
La Pajina Djudeo-Espanyola
The Asturian Language Pages
Cursu de llingua asturiana
L'Asturianu
 
Romauntsch:
Il Linguatg Retorumantsch Sin l'Internet 
Lia Rumantscha
Iatiku Newsletter - Ladin dialects and Rumantsch: a Recent Referendum
Cuorsda Romontsch
 
| English | Scots | Dutch | German | Low German | Frisian | Scandinavian | Italian | French | Other Romance Dialects | Other European Dialects | Other Links | Back to the Top

 
Other European Dialects:
 

 
Cypriot Dialect Words 
Dialects of Lithuania 
Macedonian Greek Dialect 
Irish Gaelic dialects
 
Indo-European History 
Cornish Dialects  
Online Guide 
 
| English | Scots | Dutch | German | Low German | Frisian | Scandinavian | Italian | French | Other Romance Dialects | Other European Dialects | Other Links | Back to the Top

 
Other Links:
 

 
Rick's Links 
Paternoster in 30 Languages 
Speech Path Links  
The Aussie Links Page 
Rick's Business Mall
 
World Poem in Different Languages 
Phil Thompson's Dialect Warehouse 
Numbers in Indo-European Languages 
Numbers in More than 2400 Languages 
The Dialectizer
 
| English | Scots | Dutch | German | Low German | Frisian | Scandinavian | Italian | French | Other Romance Dialects | Other European Dialects | Other Links | Back to the Top
 
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