Hindi plus English is Hinglish. Is it that simple? English language developed differently on every continent. What was known as the ‘Queen’s English’ is more or less extinct. It has been replaced by the ‘British English’, the ‘American English” the ‘Indian English’, the ‘Australian English’ and the ‘African English’. The history of all these languages dates back to the ‘Queen’s English’, but the ‘American English’ has become just ‘American’ and on the Indian sub-continent the ‘Indian English’ has become, ‘Hinglish’. It is this Hinglish language that would ultimately change the spoken English around the world. It is not because some Hindi words like, ‘Mantra’, ‘Pandit’, ‘Nirvana’, ‘Yoga’ and others have entered the American lexicon, but the culture behind these exotic words that has influenced the popular culture in the United States of America and around the world. Hinglish is ‘Hip’ for the young.
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