Indian English

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Indian English, as it is generally known is the result of the influence of local language style on English. Variations in pronunciation and delivery style even in India of two distinct regions-North and South Indian English. By North Indian English, one would easily also associate Pakistan and northern half of India and south India would generally encompass Sri Lanka along with South India. Though idiomatic influences can invariably be found across the peninsula, it has also been found that excellent, grammatically correct English is spoken among the elite. The accents however are still typically Indianised. Being introduced to English by the British has had its lasting impact on the sub-continental psyche. Though no longer in fashion, in the place of origin, grammatical renditions of the likes of Wren and Martin, and literature of the then, and still revered, P.G.Wodehouse, and Thomas hardy, Indians continue with the impressions, assiduously.

It has even been joked around that the last Englishman would be an Indian. The influx of American English owing to large emigration of the youth in the last few decades and also the invasion of American pop culture into the drawing rooms of the Indian homes is slowly deviating the youth from its strict British English, and therein has taken it upon themselves to Indianise English to suit their liking and facilitation. This type of English spoken now is also termed as Hinglish.

Indian English- contribution

The adversities notwithstanding, Indian writers and thinkers have proven their mastery over written English around the globe with an array of literature that brings out ardently the fact that it is surely not a misunderstood language, quite on the contrary. Regional grammatical intrusions more often than not, seek to explicably demonstrate Indian English. Though Indian English continues to be the butt of many a joke, with the international English speaker, there are many words of Indian origin that have crept into the mainstream English language and are being accepted as such. Even Oxford English dictionary notifies words such as bandana, pyjamas, coolie and guru et al as being of Indian origin.