Indian English

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dialect continuum postcolonial English second-language English variety of English

Indian English is the set of English dialects and usage patterns characteristic of India, shaped by its diverse local languages, cultures, and colonial history.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Indian English canonical 8
Indian English literature 2
General Indian English 1

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect continuum ⓘ
postcolonial English ⓘ
second-language English ⓘ
variety of English ⓘ
developedFrom British English ⓘ
emergedDuring British colonial rule in India ⓘ
expandedAfter independence of India in 1947 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName IndE ⓘ
Indian English ⓘ
surface form: South Asian English (India)
hasFeature code-switching with local languages ⓘ
distinct intonation patterns ⓘ
distinct patterns of article usage ⓘ
distinct vocabulary items borrowed from Indian languages ⓘ
frequent use of invariant tag ‘na’ in colloquial speech ⓘ
frequent use of reduplication for emphasis ⓘ
non-aspiration of voiceless stops in many contexts ⓘ
preference for formal and elaborate written style in many registers ⓘ
retroflex articulation of /t/ and /d/ ⓘ
rhoticity in many speakers ⓘ
syllable-timed rhythm tendency ⓘ
unique discourse markers such as ‘only’ and ‘itself’ in non-standard positions ⓘ
use of prepositions differing from British and American norms in some contexts ⓘ
use of progressive aspect with stative verbs ⓘ
hasLexicalItem batchmate ⓘ
co-brother ⓘ
cousin-brother ⓘ
cousin-sister ⓘ
eve-teasing ⓘ
itself (as focus marker) ⓘ
only (as focus marker) ⓘ
out of station ⓘ
pass out (graduate) ⓘ
prepone ⓘ
timepass ⓘ
hasNonStandardForm Indian English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Indian Vernacular English

colloquial Indian English ⓘ
hasRegionalVariety Bangalore English ⓘ
Chennai English ⓘ
Delhi English ⓘ
Kolkata English ⓘ
Mumbai English ⓘ
hasStandardForm Standard Indian English ⓘ
hasStatus associate official language of India via English ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
influencedBy Bengali ⓘ
Dravidian languages ⓘ
Gujarati ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Kannada ⓘ
Malayalam ⓘ
Marathi language ⓘ
surface form: Marathi

Punjabi language ⓘ
surface form: Punjabi

Tamil ⓘ
Telugu ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
isLinguaFrancaFor IT and outsourcing industries in India ⓘ
higher education in many Indian institutions ⓘ
interstate communication in India ⓘ
regulatedBy no single central language academy ⓘ
spokenIn India ⓘ
studiedInField World Englishes ⓘ
applied linguistics ⓘ
sociolinguistics ⓘ
usedIn Indian business and corporate communication ⓘ
Indian education system ⓘ
Indian government administration ⓘ
Indian judiciary ⓘ
Indian media ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

English → hasMajorVariety → Indian English ⓘ
English → hasMajorDialectGroup → Indian English ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Asian Englishes
Indian English → hasAlternativeName → Indian English ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Asian English (India)
Indian English → hasNonStandardForm → Indian English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Vernacular English
PV → languageContext → Indian English ⓘ
Bangalore English → partOf → Indian English ⓘ
Bangalore English → isSubsetOf → Indian English ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Indian English
Delhi English → partOf → Indian English ⓘ
Delhi English → closelyRelatedTo → Indian English ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Indian English
Chennai English → partOf → Indian English ⓘ
Mumbai English → partOf → Indian English ⓘ
Mumbai English → influencedBy → Indian English ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian English phonology
Mumbai English → relatedTo → Indian English ⓘ
Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol → literaryMovement → Indian English ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian English literature
Modern English → hasVariety → Indian English ⓘ
Musa → partOf → Indian English ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian English literature