The Indian Accent (Indian English) ✔

English arrived in India in the early 1600s

It coexisted alongside the many Indian languages like

Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Assamese, Mundari, Gujarati, Bhilodi, Maithili, Sindhi, Punjabi, Malayalam, Kurukh, Meitei, Urdu, Marathi, Kannada, Gondhi, Tulu, Santali, Konkani, Nepali, Oriya, Kashmiri, Telugu

Really, there are hundreds!

English spread through India through Christianity

Accepted as a language of government, social elite and national press

but, it developed something called...

the Indian Accent!

What? What? What bloody Indian accent?

You making fun of me? You correct my English, I correct your face! Stupid!

The Indian language syntax heavily affected their English Grammar

Some speakers often used progressive tenses

I believe you

I am believing you

She likes music

She is liking the music

Do you want to kiss me?

Do you wanting kissing with me?

No! No! I am not wanting kissing with you!

The Indian English vocabulary is full of unique coinages

restaurant

hotel

breakfast

tiffin

Hundred thousand

Lakh

Ten Million

Crore

entertainment

timepass

okra

lady's finger

A4 Paper

Fullscape

Women harrasment

Eve-teasing

Some are even accepted in general English

like black money

bed coffee