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hinglish
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Hinglishnoun
a variety of English spoken by native Hindi speakers, using many Hindi words or constructions
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Hinglish
Hinglish, a portmanteau of "Hindi" and "English", is a hybrid of English and South Asian languages – it is a code-switching variety of these languages whereby they are freely interchanged within a sentence or between sentences. While the name is based on the Hindi language, it does not refer exclusively to Hindi, but "is used in India, with English words blending with Punjabi, and Hindi, and also within British Asian families to enliven standard English." Some examples of Hinglish vocabulary are: ⁕airdash: going somewhere in a hurry ⁕stadium: a bald man with a fringe of hair ⁕pre-pone: the opposite of postpone, to bring something forward in time ⁕co-brother: brother-in-law ⁕Eve teasing: street sexual harassment ⁕glassy: wanting a drink ⁕timepass: a distraction to pass the time ⁕badmash: hooligan This is more commonly seen in urban and semi-urban centers of the Hindi-speaking states of India, but is slowly spreading into rural and remote areas of these states via television, mobile phones and word of mouth, slowly achieving vernacular status. Many speakers do not realize that they are incorporating English words into Hindi sentences or Hindi words into English sentences. David Crystal, a British linguist at the University of Wales, projected in 2004 that at about 350 million, the world's Hinglish speakers may soon outnumber native English speakers.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hinglish in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hinglish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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