LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 18:7 July 2018
ISSN 1930-2940

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Phonological Interference in Learning English through Tamil

Dr. D. Shanmugam

New and Emerging Dialects of English

English is by far the most widely used language in the world. Barriers of race, colour and creed are no hindrance to the continuing spread of the use of English. It is used by such a large part of the world that many “dialects” are used by the native speakers themselves. English is also spoken by the educated people all over the Commonwealth and a number of “foreign dialects” have therefore come into existence, each showing certain features of the speaker’s mother-tongue.

Indian English

English was introduced by the British for “administrative purposes.” It has played a significant role ever since. The Indian English is explained by R.K. Bansal in his book The Intelligibility of Indian English as follows:

English as spoken by educated people in India does not differ radically from native English in grammar and vocabulary, but in pronunciation it is different from both British and American English. Even within India there are a large number of regional varieties, each different from others in certain ways, and retaining to some extent the phonetic patterns of the Indian language spoken in that particular region.

Bansal’s statement makes one point clear that each regional variety of English has developed specific characteristics because of the influence of the regional languages spoken in the area.

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Dr. D. Shanmugam
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Annamalai University
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