Anglo-Indian English

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡlɪʃ

Noun

Anglo-Indian English (uncountable)

1. The variety of English used in South Asia during the colonial era, having as a feature numerous borrowings from Hindustani and other local languages.
   • 2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 255:

     To suggest that the term could have come from Anglo-Indian English into British thieves' cant and Chinese Pidgin English while also becoming widely dispersed into British dialect use would be to beg the question.