The pluricentric variety of English used across India. Shaped by long contact with Hindi and other Indian languages, with its own pronunciation, grammar, and lexical norms.
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- Approximate centre
- 28.61°, 77.21°
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Indian English vs Singlish
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DialectIndian EnglishThe pluricentric variety of English used across India. Shaped by long contact with Hindi and other Indian languages, with its own pronunciation, grammar, and lexical norms.DialectSinglishThe colloquial English of Singapore, mixing English with grammatical features and lexicon drawn from Hokkien, Malay, Cantonese, and Tamil.CompareAfrican American Vernacular English vs Indian EnglishAtlasExplore the atlasRead the full picture of English and the dialects within it.