English (India)
Dialect
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Indian English is a group of English dialects spoken in the Republic of India and among the Indian diaspora. English is used by the Indian government for communication, along with Modern Standard Hindi, as enshrined in the Constitution of India. Wikipedia
Early forms: Old English: Middle English > Early Modern English
Language family: Indo-European > Germanic > West Germanic > Ingvaeonic > Anglo-Frisian > Anglic > English > Indian English
Native speakers: 250,000 (2022); L2 speakers: 200 million; L3 speakers: 46 million; 246 million total speakers (2022)
Region: India
Writing system: Latin (English alphabet); Unified English Braille