Hinglish rules: Times Online
Times Online - Sunday Times: "Hinglish, as the variety of English spoken in India is known, may seem a little old-fashioned but according to a leading British expert it could soon become the most common spoken form of the language.Professor David Crystal, the author of more than 50 books on English, says 350m Indians speak it as a second language, exceeding the number of native speakers in Britain and America.
He argues that the growing popularity of Indian culture around the world, including Bollywood movies, means that Hinglish will soon become more widely spoken outside the continent. "
Okay, so now its official now. The unofficial language, Hinglish, is finally recognised as the world's most popular language.
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posted by m4magarmuch @ 2:11 AM
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"Hinglish words in vogue include airdash (travel by air), chaddis (underpants), chai (Indian tea), crore (10 million), dacoit (thief), desi (local), dicky (boot), gora (white person), jungli (uncouth), lakh (100,000), lumpen (thug), optical (spectacles), prepone (bring forward), stepney (spare tyre) and would-be (fianci or fiancee)."
Click here to see source.I like airdash and dicky. I'll try to incorporate them into future conversations so I keep up with the times.
Thanks Borde. Many people think of Hinglish as using Hindi words in English language. But the scope of Hinglish is vast. Hinglish has become a complete language in itself. Some people describe Hinglish as 'Indian English'. India has over 1000 languages and dialects. And English isn't one of them. Hindi, derived from Sanskrit, is the national language. Even Hindi has different variations across the regions. So technically no one speaks real Hindi in the country. The largest spoken language in the country is English. Since English isn't originated in India, and is the second language (the first being their mother tongue), people can't express their REAL feelings in English , so they mix some of the Hindi words in their sentences. (Now why do we need to speak English in a non-english country is a completely different topic.)
Nobody speaks perfect Hindi in India. English has become so much part of daily life that we speak English words as if they are Hindi words. And some of the times, we use all English words but grammar used is Hindi. Its almost like a 'khichri'.
We have been speaking Hinglish for a long time. But its only now that somebody has officially recognised this.
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