print email comment close Language Varieties URL: http://www.une.edu.au/langnet/ Description: Information on five varieties of nonstandard English: pidgins, creoles, regional dialects, minority dialects, and indigenized varieties. Some of the specific varieties covered include Hawai'i Creole English (Pidgin); African American Vernacular English (AAVE), also called Ebonics or Black English; Singlish, spoken informally in Singapore; Aboriginal English (several dialects), used in Australia; and Newcastle English (Geordie), a regional dialect spoken in Tyneside in northeastern England. From the University of New England, Australia. Author: Siegel, Jeff; Hargrove, Ermile Publisher: University of New England Extra Keywords hawaii, hawaiian Library of Congress Subject Headings: English language -- Dialects LII Database Information: Record 9624 created by Carole Leita on 10/06/2001 Last modification on 01/16/2006 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 04/02/2006 Published: 10/06/2001   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/9624