American English

set of dialects of the English language spoken in the United States
Class type of: North American English Q7976

Facts

15 properties
🏷️ Also known as
en United States English en English (United States) en USA English en American English en AmE en U.S. English en US English ar الإنجليزية الأمريكية cs americká angličtina da amerikansk-engelsk de AE de US-amerikanisches Englisch de amerikanisches Englisch el Αμερικανικά αγγλικά es dialecto inglés estadounidense es inglés norteamericano es inglés estadounidense es ingles estadounidense es inglés de los Estados Unidos es ingles de los Estados Unidos
🔖 Identifiers · 35
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85043775
GND ID
4094804-3
OpenAlex ID
C2777939226
Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID
151037609
Archive of Our Own tag
American English
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300387822
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/12018
BabelNet ID
00003344n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
126474421
Freebase ID
/m/0t_2
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Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
amerikansk-engelsk
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
2213
IETF language tag
en-US
Interlingual Index ID
i73105
Lingua Libre ID
Cape Piai
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777939226
NDL Authority ID
00560167
Namuwiki ID
미국식 영어
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007548109905171
National Library of Korea ID
KSH1998010144
National Library of Latvia ID
000055061
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
801274
POSIX locale identifier
en_US
Quora topic ID
American-English
Topic's main category
Category:American English
UMLS CUI
C3645570
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
06960241-n
YSO ID
10370

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← Language of work or name 841
← Writing language 362
← Original language of film or TV show 142
← Language used 29
Has part(s) 6
Subtypes 6
← Official language 5
Instance of 3
Belongs to 2
Country 1
Country of origin 1
Described by source 1
Dialect of 1
Different from 1
Indigenous to 1
Lingua Libre ID 1
Partially coincident with 1
Subclass of 1
Topic's main category 1
Writing system 1
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← Dialect of 1
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← Field of work 1
← Main subject 1
← Partially coincident with 1
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Summary

American English is an ethnolect[1]. It is a type of North American English[2].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · TTWIDEE · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Archive of Our Own tag → American English
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Archive of Our Own tag: American English"
  2. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID → 151037609
    Interlingual Index ID → i73105
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ YSO ID: 10370, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  3. 24w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    NCI Thesaurus ID → C160183
    National Library of Korea ID → KSH1998010144
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ WordNet 3.1 Synset ID: 06960241-n"
  4. 26w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts → —
    Instance of → —
    Partially coincident with → General American English
    Country → —
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ UMLS CUI: C3645570"
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