"Indian English" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Indian Englishes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Indian English (countable and uncountable, plural Indian Englishes)
  1. A major dialect of the English language, spoken in many varieties in India and by people from India. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Dialects, English Synonyms: IndE, IE
    Sense id: en-Indian_English-en-noun-zx93tOl4 Disambiguation of Dialects: 87 13 Disambiguation of English: 59 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kannada translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Kannada translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 82 18
  2. One of the specific varieties of Indian English. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Indian_English-en-noun-rX4xdgHh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Indian dialect of English): ভারতীয় ইংরেজী (bharôtiẏô iṅgrezī) (Bengali), intianenglanti (Finnish), indisches Englisch (Indisches Englisch n) [neuter] (German), אנגלית הודית (anglit hodit) [feminine] (Hebrew), インド英語 (english: Indo Eigo) (Japanese), ಭಾರತೀಯ ಆಂಗ್ಲ ಭಾಷೆ (bhāratīya āṅgla bhāṣe) (Kannada), भारतीय इंग्रजी (bhārtīy iṅgrajī) [feminine] (Marathi), indyjska odmiana języka angielskiego (Polish), inglês indiano (Portuguese)
Disambiguation of 'Indian dialect of English': 50 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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