Delhi English

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Delhi English is the regional variety of Indian English spoken in and around India’s capital city, characterized by local pronunciation patterns and lexical influences from Hindi and other North Indian languages.

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Generate an image of Delhi English (Delhi English is the regional variety of Indian English spoken in and around India’s capital city, characterized by local pronunciation patterns and lexical influences from Hindi and other North Indian languages.)

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Label Occurrences
Delhi English canonical 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect of English ⓘ
regional variety of Indian English ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo General Indian English ⓘ
linked to: Indian English
country India ⓘ
developedFrom contact between English and North Indian languages in Delhi ⓘ
differsFrom American English in pronunciation and vocabulary ⓘ
British English in pronunciation and vocabulary ⓘ
hasFeature code-switching with Hindi and other local languages ⓘ
lexical borrowings from Hindi ⓘ
local pronunciation patterns distinct from other Indian English varieties ⓘ
non-rhotic or variably rhotic pronunciation depending on speaker ⓘ
region-specific slang and colloquialisms ⓘ
retroflex consonant influence in pronunciation ⓘ
use of Hindi discourse particles in English sentences ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticFeature marks local identity of Delhi speakers ⓘ
shows influence of youth culture in Delhi ⓘ
varies by social class and education level ⓘ
influencedBy Haryanvi ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Punjabi ⓘ
linked to: Punjabi language

Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language

other North Indian languages ⓘ
languageBranch Germanic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European languages ⓘ
mediumOf everyday communication in Delhi ⓘ
local media and entertainment in Delhi ⓘ
overlapsWith Hinglish as spoken in Delhi ⓘ
partOf Indian English ⓘ
region North India ⓘ
linked to: northern India
regionSpecificVocabularyFrom Delhi Hindi slang ⓘ
register colloquial speech ⓘ
informal speech ⓘ
spokenIn Delhi ⓘ
National Capital Region of India ⓘ
status non-standardized regional variety ⓘ
subbranch West Germanic languages ⓘ
timePeriod contemporary English variety ⓘ
usedBy bilingual Hindi–English speakers ⓘ
educated speakers in Delhi ⓘ
urban population of Delhi ⓘ
usedIn business and office communication in Delhi ⓘ
government and administrative contexts in Delhi alongside more formal Indian English ⓘ
schools and colleges in Delhi alongside standard Indian English ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian English → hasRegionalVariety → Delhi English ⓘ