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Indian English
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English
Noun
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A major dialect of the English language, spoken in many varieties in India and by people from India.
en IndE IE
en 1986 McCrum, Robert, William Cran, & Robert MacNeil The Story of English Viking Penguin Inc. 329 Much more common was the bureaucratic use of Indian English. Below the level of the most highly educated, whose English was invariably modelled on old-fashioned teaching, were the English-using clerks of the Imperial administration.
One of the specific varieties of Indian English.
en 2012 James Lambert Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English World Englishes 294 https://benjamins.com/catalog/eww.33.3.03lam The Indian Englishes range from very basic English to what might be considered a standard educated Indian English.
Translations
Indian dialect of English
Bengali: bn ভারতীয় ইংরেজী bharôtiẏô iṅgrezī
Finnish: fi intianenglanti
German: de indisches Englisch n (de Indisches Englisch n)
Hebrew: he אנגלית הודית f anglit hodit
Japanese: ja インド英語 Indo Eigo
Kannada: kn ಭಾರತೀಯ ಆಂಗ್ಲ ಭಾಷೆ
Marathi: mr भारतीय इंग्रजी f
Polish: pl dialekt indyjski języka angielskiego m-in
Portuguese: pt inglês indiano
en Dialects English