Indian English
Class of varieties of the English language spoken in India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Indian English (IE) is a group of English dialects spoken in the Republic of India and among the Indian diaspora.[4] English is used by the Indian government for communication, along with Hindi, as enshrined in the Constitution of India.[5] English is also an official language in seven states and seven union territories of India, and the additional official language in seven other states and one union territory. Furthermore, English is the sole official language of the Indian Judiciary, unless the state governor or legislature mandates the use of a regional language, or if the President of India has given approval for the use of regional languages in courts.[6]
| Indian English | |
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| Region | India |
Native speakers | [1][2][3] L2 speakers: 200 million L3 speakers: 46 million 246 million total speakers (2022) |
Early forms | |
| Latin (English alphabet) Unified English Braille | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | India |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | en |
| ISO 639-2 | eng |
| ISO 639-3 | eng |
| Glottolog | indi1255 |
| IETF | en-IN |
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