South Asian English
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South Asian English is a broad regional variety of English spoken across countries in South Asia, characterized by shared phonological, lexical, and grammatical features influenced by local languages and cultures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| South Asian English canonical | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World English
ⓘ
dialect continuum ⓘ regional variety of English ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
code-switching with local languages
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distinct intonation patterns ⓘ distinct vowel quality patterns compared to British English ⓘ influence from British colonial-era English norms ⓘ influence of local cultures ⓘ influence of local language contact ⓘ non-rhoticity in many speakers ⓘ regionally marked idioms and expressions ⓘ regionally marked vocabulary items ⓘ shared grammatical features across South Asian countries ⓘ shared lexical features across South Asian countries ⓘ shared phonological features across South Asian countries ⓘ use of retroflex consonants by many speakers ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalInfluenceFrom | South Asian substrate languages ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalOrigin | British colonial rule in South Asia ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
Bengali
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hindi NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinhala NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ Urdu NERFINISHED ⓘ other local South Asian languages ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom |
Dravidian languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| hasSubvariety |
Afghan English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bangladeshi English NERFINISHED ⓘ Bhutanese English NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian English ⓘ Maldivian English NERFINISHED ⓘ Nepalese English NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistani English NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lankan English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritingStandardBasedOn | English alphabet ⓘ |
| isStudiedInField |
World Englishes research
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contact linguistics ⓘ sociolinguistics ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Afghanistan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bangladesh NERFINISHED ⓘ Bhutan NERFINISHED ⓘ India ⓘ Maldives NERFINISHED ⓘ Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ South Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
business in South Asia
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education in South Asia ⓘ government in South Asia ⓘ media in South Asia ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.