Talk:Indian English

Native speakers

The sidebar indicates that there is a known number of native speakers of Indian English, but the sources given are merely for native speakers of English. Those could be (and almost certainly mostly are) other native varieties. ~2025-34954-11 (talk) 22:39, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

Suggestion to use "Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj" for historical accuracy

"I suggest updating the references in this article to 'Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj'.

Using only the first name is historically incomplete. 'Chhatrapati' is a formal title of sovereignty that he earned, and it is the standard way he is addressed in all official historical records and academic texts in India. To maintain a high standard of historical accuracy and respect for the subject's regnal status, I request the editors to reflect his full title throughout the article. ~2026-22509-72 (talk) 12:49, 12 April 2026 (UTC)"

Consistency between pages in lead sentence

The discrepancy is small but I think it can be fixed pretty easily. I've bolded the parts in question:

• British English lead states: "British English is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United Kingdom, especially Great Britain."
• American English lead states: "American English, sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States."
• Indian English lead states: "Indian English (IndE, IE) or "English (India)" (en-IN) is a group of dialects of the English language spoken in the Republic of India and among the Indian diaspora and is native to India."

I believe that either the British and American English articles should be changed to state "is a group of dialects" or this article should be changed to state "is the set of varieties." Starting here because it is easier to change one article then two, even though I think the Indian English article might be superior wording as dialects is blue linked. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 17:07, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Boldly changed the page to align with British and American English pages as no one has said anything for roughly 10 days. Please discuss here if you have an issue with it. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 06:45, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

Apologies for the late reply, but I think "group of dialects" is more descriptive and less generic than "set of varieties". Jaiganesh.kumaran (talk) 17:40, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

If so, I believe we need to expand the conversation to the American and British English pages. These three groups should have same general language used to describe. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 18:05, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Phonological table

Having a single phonological table for consonants/vowels is pointless as a person from Kochi, Guwahati and Surat will have different phonologies. Voiceless coronal plosives for example, a person from Kochi may have /t̪ t~ʈ/ a person from Surat may have /t̪ʰ ʈ/ and Guwahati person may just have /t/. It is better to not have tables and instead just list out differentiating features. AleksiB 1945 (talk) 12:11, 22 May 2026 (UTC)