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Monégasque
Gallo-Italic language or dialect spoken in Monaco
Chavacano
Chavacano or Chabacano () is a group of Spanish-based creole language varieties spoken in the Philippines. The variety spoken in Zamboanga City, located in the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao, has the highest concentration of speakers. Other currently existing varieties are found in Cavite City and Ternate, located in the Cavite province on the island of Luzon. Chavacano is the only Spanish-based creole in Asia. The 2020 Census of Population and Housing counted 106,000 households generally speaking Chavacano.
Cockney
Cockney is a dialect of the English language mainly spoken in London, particularly by Londoners from working-class and lower-middle-class families. The term Cockney is also used as a demonym for a person from the East End, or, traditionally, born within earshot of Bow Bells.
Kölsch
dialect of the Ripuarian Central German group of languages
Shanghainese
The Shanghainese language, also known as the Shanghai dialect, or Hu language, is a variety of Wu Chinese spoken in the central districts of the city of Shanghai and its surrounding areas. It is classified as part of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Shanghainese, like the rest of the Wu language group, is mutually unintelligible with other varieties of Chinese, such as Mandarin.
Beijing dialect
dialect of Beijing Mandarin spoken in the capital of the PRC
Fuzhou dialect
Min Chinese dialect in Fujian
Algherese
dialect
Lunfardo
thumb|right|The word chorros (Lunfardo term meaning "thieves") graffitied on the wall of a BNL bank in [[Buenos Aires, during protests against Corralito, 2002]]
Milanese
dialect of Western Lombard
Nissart
Occitan dialect spoken in Nice, France
Viennese German
German dialect spoken in Vienna
Scouse
Scouse ( ), formally known as Liverpool English or Merseyside English, is an English accent and dialect associated with the city of Liverpool and the surrounding Merseyside area in North West England. Scouse is highly distinctive and bears little resemblance to other English accents, primarily due to the port of Liverpool, which saw the arrival of Irish and Welsh immigrants and was a popular stop for Scandinavian sailors.
Amoy
dialect of Hokkien spoken in the city of Xiamen
Hong Kong Cantonese
dialect native to Hong Kong
Berlin German
dialect
Romanesco
Central Italian dialect spoken in Rome
Geordie
Geordie ( ) is a demonym and vernacular dialect characterising Newcastle upon Tyne and the wider Tyneside area of North East England.
Hantec slang
variety of Czech spoken in Brno
Genoese
dialect of Ligurian spoken in Genoa
Cocoliche
thumb|right|400px|In blue color, the Gran Buenos Aires where Cocoliche developed
Niemodlin dialect
dialect of Silesian
Bolognese
version of Emilian-Romagnol spoken in Bologna
Triestine
language spoken in Trieste and surrounding areas
Hong Kong English
variety of English
Zhangzhou dialect
dialect of Hokkien spoken in southern Fujian province (in southeast China), centered on the city of Zhangzhou
Bombay Hindi
Hindustani dialect spoken in Mumbai
Rauma dialect
nearly-extinct dialect of the Finnish language
Suzhou dialect
dialect of Wu Chinese
Brussels Dutch
dialect of Dutch spoken Brussels
Singapore English
English language spoken in Singapore
Putian
dialect of Pu-Xian Min Chinese spoken in the city of Putian in Fujian, China
Yerevan dialect
dialect of the Armenian language spoken in Yerevan
Hamburgisch dialect
dialect
Tetuani Ladino
dialect of Judaeo-Spanish historically spoken by Sephardic Jews in Oran, Algeria
Tehrani accent
Dialect of modern Persian spoken in Tehran Province
Maastrichtian
dialect of Limburgish
New York dialect
regional dialect of American English
Multicultural London English
sociolect of English in the United Kingdom highly influenced by Afro-Caribbean creoles
Lwów subdialect
non-standard dialect of the Polish language
Nanjing dialect
Chinese dialect
Hakata dialect
Japanese dialect
Fiuman dialect
venetian dialect of Rijeka, Croatia
Indonesian slang
Indonesian colloquial language features associated with particular in-group
Pretoria Sotho
lingua franca of Pretoria and the Tshwane
Florentine
dialect of Tuscan spoken in Florence
Helsinki slang
local dialect and a sociolect of the Finnish language
Glasgow patter
Scots dialect spoken in and around Glasgow, Scotland
Istanbul Greek dialect
Endangered ancient dialect
Sathmar Swabian
Upper Swabian dialect of Satu Mare, Romania
Boston accent
local accent of Eastern New English English spoken in Boston
kiezdeutsch
Kiezdeutsch () is a variety of German spoken primarily by youth in urban spaces in which a high percentage of the population is multilingual and has an immigration background. Since the 1990s, Kiezdeutsch has come into the public eye as a multiethnic language.
Mackem
Mackem, Makem or '''Mak'em''' is a nickname for residents of and people from Sunderland, a city in North East England. It is also a name for the local dialect and accent (not to be confused with Geordie); and for a fan, of whatever origin, of Sunderland A.F.C. It has been used by some people from Sunderland to describe themselves since the 1980s, prior to which it was mainly used in Tyneside as a disparaging exonym. An alternative name for a Mackem (except in the sense of a football supporter) is a Wearsider.
Oslo dialect
dialect of Norwegian