Is Indian English an Independent dialect of English? Can we say that Indian speakers are native speakers of Indian English?
English is not seen as a native language by Indians. It is seen as a language of education and opportunity.
English is not seen as a native language by Indians. It is seen as a language of education and opportunity.
India is a multi-ethnic country
It has more than one language
But the official language is English
Yes, classical English has been preserved in India (in modern England, the language is constantly updated in the spirit with the time)
Officially no. By default it has become the link language due to various languages being spoken across the country. Medium of instruction for engineering and medical colleges is still English.
'Republic of India' is enriched via 'Linguistic' Diversities & twenty two 'Languages' acknowledged by 'Eight Schedule of Constitution of India'
'English' is not recognised on 'Constitutional Grounds' irrespective of original content is written via 'English' language with respect to
1. 'Govt of India Act 1919'
2. 'Govt of India Act 1935'
3. Revised Constitution implemented with effect from 26th January, 1950
All 'Global' network responsible for 'Sustainability' is through 'English' language at large
My belief 'Linguistic' Diversities is reinforcing stability of population & 'English' is promoting 'Globalisation' for betterment of 'Society' at large
It depends upon one's definition of native speaker. I'm a supporter of World Englishes (WE) phenomenon, so I think, there are Indians who speak creolized IndianEnglish, therefore native speakers of that respected variety. Braj Kachru, the Father of WE, & wife Yamuna (Indians) have great articles on this concept.
I completely distinguish aurally Indian who speaking English. This is a evident dialect, as far as I know, in India English is one of the official languages (one of more than 20, but “equidistant” for communication purposes beetwen representatives of different nations). Once I heard dialog between Singaporean guy (in Singapore English also one of official language, but ... more classic) and Indian one - it was very funny...
If almost all Indian people can speak English, I think yes.
Because they have their own accent and English is a formal language.
According to Wikipedia, only 0.02% of Indians speak English as a first language and only 12.16% of Indians speak English as an additional language. So according to that, the answer would be definitely not. Of course, you should check several more sources, preferably scholarly, before accepting this as reliable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers_in_India
No, though many educated Indians speak English and there re so many dialects or accents, as native speaker there are only few (as mentioned by Zana) , usually having non-Indian origin, but it is gaining popularity. English is the prime language of communication among Indians belonging to different states.
Only those languages, which naturally originated in a particular country will be called native languages. In that sense, English is an introduced language and not a native language of India.
By all acceptable definitions, the answer is no, because native speaker is defined as a person who learned to speak the language of the place where he or she was born as a child rather than learning it as a foreign language a native speaker of Swahili That kind of mistake is rarely made by native speakers.
NO
Hindi (हिन्दी) is a Hindu language of the Indo-Irish language branch, one of the official languages of India and the Fiji Islands (Hindustan), and is used in several other countries. There are over 180 million users of this language as a mother tongue, and about 300 million more as a second language in India. Outside India, 800,000 people live in Nepal, 890292 in South Africa, 685170 in Mauritius, 232760 in Yemen, 147,000 in Uganda, 100,000 in the United States, 30,000 in Germany, 20,000 in New Zealand and 5,000 in Singapore. The Urdu language (Urdu) in Pakistan is used in several other countries by 41 million, which is basically similar to the Hindi language, where the major difference between the two languages is that Urdu uses the Urdu alphabet similar to Arabic with a slight difference in letters. In India, the language is mainly used in the northern and central regions. In 1997, a referendum found that two-thirds of India's population was fluent in Hindi. Among the most famous Indian dialects: Afadi, Brigg, Bhaguburi, Bundley, Bagley and Marway. The Indian language developed directly from the ancient Sanskrit language of India.
India has a vast cultural and linguistic diversity. The two main languages in India are Hindi and Aryan: spoken by 98% of India's population with 74% Hindi and 24% Aryan; English is widely used as a formal language of instruction and work.
I think their native language is Hindu but their official language is English
I don't know the formal answer to this question. However, my personal observations are that Indian emigrants much better adapt and progress professionally to the large extent due to a decent knowledge of English.
كلا ليست أصلية ولكن الكثير من الدول التي تكون تحت الاحتلال تكتسب العديد من المفردات
It is not original but many of the countries under occupation acquire many vocabulary, India and Algeria
It is absolutely wrong. Mainly in India is a hindi & aryan speaking country .
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