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David asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 6 years ago

Do Indians really speak a combination of English and Hindi?

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  • 6 years ago

    Many languages are spoken in India, but only English and Hindi are official. A few Indians(e.g. Anglo-Indian railway workers) have English as their mother tongue. Most ambitious Indians learn at least some English to advance in their careers. Naturally, many Hindi speakers with just a little English will try to impress the totally ignorant by including a few English words or phrases when speaking Hindi. Snobs in England have been doing the same thing with French for generations: that is why modern English includes so many quite unnecessary French words ("modern", "includes" and "necessary" among them).

  • 6 years ago

    Millions of Indians do not or cannot speak Hindi. There are 18 official languages in India. Hindi and English are the most important official languages of India. India does not have a national language.

  • 6 years ago

    In cities of North, East and Westen India, YES.

    In the South Indian cities they don't like to speak Hindi but are okay with English.

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    High society people used to speak combination of english and hindi.May be they use much english then hindi.

    As standard of society starts lowering, use of english also starts lowering.But there are many words which are also used by lowest class people like time,cup,train,rail,bike,two wheeler,auto rikshaw,lady,madam,sir,keyboard,computer,letter,

    message,helmet,jacket,shirt,pant,paint,brush,style,

    fashion,enquiry etc.They use english words with hindi language instead of whole sentence in english.

  • 6 years ago

    Yes i do. I am indian and i can speak english,hindi,gujarati,punjabi,sindhi and also english.

  • 6 years ago

    Many younger people do use Hinglish, especially on social media.

  • Rain
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Many do.

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