IndE

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A form of Indian English — A major dialect of the English language, spoken in many varieties in India and by people from India.

Less commonScrabble 5

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proper noun
  1. abbreviationhuman sciencesAbbreviation of Indian English.

    Vernacular IndE and Standard Indian English

    2020 December 31, Rakesh M. Bhatt, “Indian English: syntax”, in A Handbook of Varieties of English, De Gruyter, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 2208–2222
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    whereas IndE speakers will be more likely to use the structure

    2006 July 6, Joybrato Mukherjee, Sebastian Hoffmann, “Describing verb-complementational profiles of New Englishes”, in English World-Wide. A Journal of Varieties of English, volume 27, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 147–173

    as well as constructions that are unique to IndE

    2012, Claudia Lange, The syntax of spoken Indian English (Varieties of English around the world), Amsterdam Philadelphia: J. Benjamins, →ISBN

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APA

IndE. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/IndE

MLA

“IndE.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/IndE. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “IndE,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/IndE.

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