Mumbai English
E11007
Mumbai English is a regional variety of Indian English spoken in and around Mumbai, characterized by local lexical influences, distinctive pronunciation, and code-mixing with Marathi, Hindi, and other regional languages.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect of English
ⓘ
regional variety of Indian English ⓘ |
| cityAssociatedWith | Mumbai ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
code-mixing with Hindi
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code-mixing with Marathi ⓘ code-mixing with other regional languages ⓘ distinctive pronunciation ⓘ frequent code-switching between English and Hindi ⓘ frequent code-switching between English and Marathi ⓘ influence from Bollywood Hindi ⓘ influence from Mumbai street speech ⓘ local lexical influences ⓘ use of local slang ⓘ |
| hasLexicalFeature |
borrowings from Hindi
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borrowings from Marathi ⓘ borrowings from other South Asian languages ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
Indian English vowel qualities
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retroflex consonants influenced by Indian languages ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus |
informal variety
ⓘ
urban colloquial speech ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Gujarati
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ Indian English ⓘ
surface form:
Indian English phonology
Konkani ⓘ Marathi language ⓘ
surface form:
Marathi
|
| languageFamily | Indo-European languages ⓘ |
| orthography | Latin script ⓘ |
| partOf | Indian English ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| region | Maharashtra ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bangalore English
ⓘ
Delhi English ⓘ Hinglish ⓘ Indian English ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Mumbai
ⓘ
Mumbai Metropolitan Region ⓘ |
| spokenInCountry | India ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Anglic languages
ⓘ
Germanic languages ⓘ West Germanic languages ⓘ |
| typicalSpeakers |
bilingual Hindi–English speakers
ⓘ
bilingual Marathi–English speakers ⓘ multilingual Indian urban youth ⓘ |
| usedBy |
multilingual speakers
ⓘ
urban population of Mumbai ⓘ |
| usedIn |
everyday conversation in Mumbai
ⓘ
informal business communication in Mumbai ⓘ local media in Mumbai ⓘ |
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