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- proper noun a
variety of English spoken by native Hindi speakers, using many Hindiwords orconstructions
Etymologies
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Examples
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Most converstions seem to have a lot of what I call Hinglish - Hindi with English words so, even when they are speaking Hindi, it is pretty easy to follow along.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Indians have been fascinated in recent years at how Hindi is absorbing English words and phrases, creating a "contact language" dubbed Hinglish, or what a linguist would call a pidgin or a creole.
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It's called Hinglish, and linguists have declared after a two-day meet that the home-grown interspersing of Hindi and English is here to stay.
India eNews 2009
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The film also features high-tech special effects, dialogue in "Hinglish," a mixture of Hindi and sporadic English, and scenes that until recently would have been taboo by Indian cinema's conservative standards, including kissing and brief nudity.
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But is the way "Hinglish" is evolving going to compromise the ability of young Indians to meet the needs of the workplace?
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"But the time is coming now, because … if you see a new Indian film, you'll realise that the language is more 'Hinglish'" he said referring to the use of liberal use of English terms in Hindi films.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ians 2010
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But is the way "Hinglish" is evolving going to compromise the ability of young Indians to meet the needs of the workplace?
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After some pleading in "Hinglish" I managed to negotiate a simple bed in a dorm room with no-one else in the room on the top floor next to the wood-fired water heater.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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"We all write in 'Hinglish' anyway, so I don't need to have Hindi typing," said Aditi Sharma, 20, who studies in Mumbai but uses Orkut to stay in touch with high school friends.
ZDNet Asia Latest Tech News zdnews-asia@cnet.com (Bruce Einhorn and Mehul Sriv 2009
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"Hinglish" is what comes up when you type out Hindi phonetically with English characters, throwing in words from both languages for ease; for instance, "How are you?" becomes "Kaise ho?"
ZDNet Asia Latest Tech News zdnews-asia@cnet.com (Bruce Einhorn and Mehul Sriv 2009
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