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An amalgamation of the flags that represent America and Britain, the two countries at the forefront of spreading English across the world.

Englishisation refers to the introduction of English-language influences into other languages. English, as a world language, has had a very significant impact on other languages, with many languages borrowing words or grammar from English or forming calques based on English words. [1] Englishisation is often paired with the introduction of Western culture into other cultures, [2] and has resulted in a significant degree of code-mixing of English with other languages as well as the appearance of new varieties of English. [3] [4] Other languages have also synthesised new literary genres through their contact with English, [5] and various forms of "language play" have emerged through this interaction. [6] Englishisation has also occurred in subtle ways because of the massive amount of English content that is translated into other languages. [7]

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Englishisation first happened on a worldwide scale because of British imperialism and later American dominance, as the language historically played a major role in the administration of the British Empire and is highly relevant in the modern wave of globalisation. [8] [9] [10] One of the reasons for Englishisation is because other languages sometimes lacked vocabulary to talk about certain things, such as modern technologies or scientific concepts. [11] Another reason is that English is often considered a prestige language which symbolises or improves the educatedness or status of a speaker. [12]

In some cases, Englishisation clashes with linguistic purism or the influence of other prestige languages, [13] as is the case with the contested Hindustani language, [14] which in its Englishized form becomes Hinglish, but which some seek to instead Sanskritize or Persianize in part as a reaction to the colonial associations of the English language within South Asia. [5] [15]

Around the world

Africa

Pidgin Englishes are common throughout Africa, such as West African Pidgin English. [16] [17]

Asia

East Asia

Both Japanese and Korean have borrowed many words from English. [18] In Japan, English words are often used in a "decorative" manner to make a message look more modern. [19]

South Asia

A poster for the 1943 Bollywood film Kismet, which features the movie's name written in three different alphabets: Roman, Devanagari, and Urdu scripts. (in Hunterian: qismat) Kismet-1943-movie-poster.jpg
A poster for the 1943 Bollywood film Kismet, which features the movie's name written in three different alphabets: Roman, Devanagari, and Urdu scripts. (in Hunterian: qismat)

English has been accepted in South Asia to some extent because of its neutrality i.e. its lack of association with any ethnic group within South Asia. It has played a significant role in enabling migration within India, and contributes a major share of the vocabulary used in more technical fields; [20] [21] [22] [23] even when Sanskrit words have been created to replace English words, they are often calqued off of English words. [24] [25] [26]

Europe

Some languages in Europe, such as some of the Scandinavian languages, have been prone to significant Englishisation, while other languages, such as Icelandic, have tended towards linguistic purism. [27] The similarity and long-standing history of English having connections with Western European languages has played a role in its modern-day influence on them, [28] [29] [30] and has resulted in altered interpretations of English words in some cases. [31] Englishisation has occurred to some extent particularly in the business and finance-related vocabularies of various European languages. [32] Some impacts of Englishisation have worn off over time, as Englishisation sometimes takes place in a way that is too "trendy" and which does not become well-absorbed into a given language. [33]

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