Indian English
| Indian English | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India |
| Region | South Asia |
Native speakers | 250,000 L2 speakers: 83 million L3 speakers: 46 million 128 million total speakers (2011) |
Early forms | |
| Latin (English alphabet) Unified English Braille | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | India |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | en |
| ISO 639-2 | eng |
| ISO 639-3 | eng |
| Glottolog | indi1255 |
| IETF | en-IN |
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Indian English or "English (India)" (en-IN) is the set of English language varieties native to India. It is spoken both in the Republic of India and among Indian diaspora. The country has one of the world's largest English-speaking communities, English being enshrined in the Constitution of India and one of the two languages used by the Government of India for communication. It is also an official language in eight states and seven union territories of India, as well as one of the official languages in five other states and one union territory. Furthermore, English is the sole official language of the Judiciary of India unless the state governor or legislature mandates the use of a regional language or if the President of India has given approval for the use of regional languages in courts. Before the dissolution of the British Empire on the Indian subcontinent, the term Indian English broadly referred to South Asian English, also known as British Indian English.