​CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

I. ISSUE BACKGROUND
English is a worldwide language. Between 1.5 billion and 2 billion people across the planet
speak English. Between 375,000 and 400,000 people are native English speakers. In view of
these statistics, many consider the English language to be a world language. There are many
varieties of English spoken in the world. The oldest variety of English is British English,
spoken in the United Kingdom.
The variety of English with the largest number of native speakers is American English, with
225 million native speakers. The other major varieties of English are Canadian English,
Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English and Indian English.
All varieties of English share the same basic tenets of the language, but certain words,
phrases or linguistic constructs may differ.
The transmission of one language into another country usually happens as a result of contact
and interference of two or more languages. In the case of “Indian English” the language
contact based on the colonization of the British in India.
“Indian English” is an umbrella term which is used to describe all dialects of the English
language that are spoken in the Republic of India. But “Indian English” is not a native
language. Like other variations of the English language, “Indian English” is the result of
language contact, which means it is “a product of contact between English and Indian mother
tongues” (Sumana 2010: 3), which contributed to the development of the present-day “Indian
English” due to the mixture of the linguistic aspects and different social backgrounds.
According to Schneider, it is “natural to expect that differences in extralinguistic
backgrounds have resulted in the far-reaching differences between the individual varieties
that we find today in their respective forms and functions.” (Schneider 2007: 4).

II. PROBLEM FORMULATION

1.What is Indian English?
2.How is the history of Indian English?
3. How is the usage and cultural aspects of Indian English?
4.How is the phonology of Indian English?
5.How is the morphology of Indian English?
6.How is the syntax of Indian English?

III. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

1.Describes what is Indian English
2.Describes the history of Indian English
3.Describes the usage and cultural aspects of Indian English
4Describes the phonology of Indian English
5.Describes the morphology of Indian English
6.Describes the syntax of Indian English