World Region

Northern America

African-American English

Black English
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Central Harlem, Clifton, Edenwald, Hempstead (NY)...

American Sign Language

American Sign Language
Jackson Heights, Midwood, Pelham Bay, Tompkinsville, Upper East Side...

Black American Sign Language

BASL
Central Harlem

Canadian English

Canadian English
East Midtown

Cherokee

ᏣᎳᎩ
Chinatown

Chiricahua Apache

Ndee Biyáti'
Crown Heights

Dakota

Dakhód'iapi
Morningside Heights

Gullah

Geechees
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Central Harlem

Hawaiian

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
Upper West Side

Hawaiian English

Pidgin
Upper West Side

Hidatsa

Hidatsa
Kearny (NJ)

Hopi

Hopílavayi
Lincoln Square

Inuktun

Inuktun
Upper West Side

Italian English

Italian English
Dyker Heights, Great Kills, Middle Village, Morris Park, Tuckahoe (NY)...

Jersey Dutch

Jersey Dutch
Suffern (NY)

Jewish English

Jewish English
Borough Park, Hewlett (NY), Kew Gardens Hills, Monticello (NY), Riverdale...

Kumeyaay

Kumiai
West Village

Lakota

Lakȟótiyapi
Greenwich Village

Lenape (Munsee)

Lunaape
Canarsie, City Island, Financial District, Flemington (NJ), Great Kills...

Lenape (Unami)

Lunaape
Trenton (NJ)

Lummi

Xwlemi Chosen
St. George

Matinecock

Matinecock
Douglaston-Little Neck

Mohawk

Kanien’kéha
Boerum Hill

Mohican

Maʔeekuneew
Kent (CT), Red Hook (NY)

Mojave

Hamakhav
Hamilton Heights

Montaukett

Montaukett
Montauk (NY)

Native American English

Native American English
Chinatown

Navajo

Diné Bizaad
Chinatown

Newfoundland English

Newfoundland English
Park Slope

Ojibwe

Anashinaabemowin
Crown Heights, Williamsburg

Quebec French

Québécois
Upper East Side

Quiripi

Wampano
New Haven (CT)

Shinnecock

Shinnecock
Shinnecock Reservation - Southampton (NY)

Spanglish

Spanglish
East Harlem, East Village

Unkechaug

Unkechaug
Poospatuck Reservation - Mastic (NY)

Winnebago

Ho-Chunk
Lincoln Square
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