indian english is the type of english spoken in india.
which type of english is spoken in india?
indian english
british and american english are the reference norms for english as spoken, written, and taught in the rest of the world, excluding countries where english is spoken natively such as australia, canada, ireland and new zealand. in many former british empire countries where english is not spoken natively, british english forms are closely followed, alongside numerous ame usages which have become widespread throughout the english-speaking world. conversely, in many countries historically influenced by the united states where english is not spoken natively, american english forms are closely followed. many of these countries, while retaining strong bre or ame influences, have developed their own unique dialects, which include indian english and philippine english.
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the largest linguistic group in south india is the dravidian family of languages, a family of approximately 73 languages the major languages spoken include telugu, tamil, kannada and malayalam. tulu is spoken by about 1.5 million people in coastal kerala and karnataka and konkani, an indo-aryan language, is spoken by half a million people in the konkan coast, kodava takk is spoken by more then half a million people in kodagu, mysore and bangalore. english is also widely spoken in urban areas of south india. urdu is spoken by around 12 million muslims in southern india. tamil, telugu, kannada, malayalam, urdu and konkani are listed amongst the 22 official languages of india as per the official languages act (1963). tamil was the first language to be granted classical language status by the government of india in 2004. other major languages declared classical were kannada (in 2008), telugu (in 2008) and malayalam (in 2013)
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