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  2. Pakistani English - Wikipedia

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    Pakistani English (PE) shares many similarities with Indian English, but since the Partition of India, there have been some very obvious differences. Rahman argues that PE is an interference variety of English created by the use of the features of Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and other languages spoken in Pakistan.

  3. Urdish - Wikipedia

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    Urdish, Urglish or Urdunglish, a portmanteau of the words Urdu and English, is the macaronic hybrid use of South Asian English and Standard Urdu. [1] In the context of spoken language, it involves code-switching between these languages whereby they are freely interchanged within a sentence or between sentences.

  4. South Asian English - Wikipedia

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    South Asian English is the English accent of many modern-day South Asian countries, inherited from British English dialect. Also known as Anglo-Indian English during the British Raj , the English language was introduced to the Indian subcontinent in the early 17th century and reinforced by the long rule of the British Empire .

  5. List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia

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    from Multan, Pakistan: A kind of rug prevalent there. [14] Mogul from Hindi and Urdu: An acknowledged leader in a field, from the Mughal rulers of India like Akbar and Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal. Maharaja from Hindi and Sanskrit: A great king. Mantra from Hindi and Sanskrit: a word or phrase used in meditation. Masala

  6. Regional differences and dialects in Indian English - Wikipedia

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    Cultivated Indian English here refers collectively to non-localised, non-working class, and more recent varieties of India and the surrounding region of India. It includes mainstream Indian English, a widely common, upper-class variety that preserves a few local Indian features while setting the basis for an otherwise General Indian English ...

  7. Talk:Pakistani English - Wikipedia

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    The English accent spoken in Pakistan is just Indian English, and this article is a POV fork, and a bad example of Original research. As for your comment about references, Ecommercetimes link does NOT support that Pakistani English is different from Indian English. It merely mentions that Pakistan has a lot of English speakers.

  8. List of English words of Indian origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of words in the English language that originated in the languages of India. Hindi or Urdu see: ... List of English words of Indian origin.

  9. Languages of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] The majority of Pakistan's languages belong to the Indo-Iranian group of the Indo-European language family. [4] [5] Urdu is the national language and the lingua franca of Pakistan, and while sharing official status with English, it is the preferred and dominant language used for inter-communication between different ethnic groups.