Indian English: Difference between revisions

'''Indian English''' ('''IE''') is a class of varieties of the [[English language]] spoken in [[India]], and among the Indian diaspora elsewhere in the world.<ref name="English in India">{{cite web |title=Case Studies - Asian English |url=https://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/case-studies/minority-ethnic/asian/ |website=British Library |publisher=University of Leeds |access-date=30 May 2019}}</ref> English is used by the Indian government for some communication as a supplement to [[Standard Hindi|Hindi]], the country's "official language of the Union", enshrined in the [[Constitution of India|Constitution]].<ref name = "Languages in the Constitution of India">{{cite book |title=The Constitution of India |date=1 December 2007 |publisher=Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India |pages=212–267 |url=http://lawmin.nic.in/coi/coiason29july08.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140909230437/http://lawmin.nic.in/coi/coiason29july08.pdf |access-date=30 May 2019 |archive-date=9 September 2014 |ref=Constitution of India - Languages}}</ref> English is an [[Languages with official status in India|official language]] of 7 states and 5 [[Union Territories]] and also additional official language of 7 states and 1 Union Territory. English is also the sole official language of the [[Judiciary of India]], unless a state Governor or legislature mandates the use of regional language, or the President has given approval for the use of regional languages in courts.<ref name="The Economic Times">{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/court-language-is-english-says-supreme-court/articleshow/50080870.cms|title=Court language is English, says Supreme Court|date=7 December 2015|work=The Economic Times|access-date=16 July 2018}}</ref>