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Pinglish

Pinglish proper noun: nonstandard English spoken by Palestinians.

Proper noun (1)

Pinglish

  1. (informal) Nonstandard English spoken by Palestinians.

Proper noun (2)

Pinglish

  1. (informal) Nonstandard English spoken by Persians.

Proper noun (3)

Pinglish

  1. (informal) Nonstandard English spoken by Pakistanis.
    • It has been hypothesized that Pakistani ESL learners do not produce English-voiced and voiceless stops native-like word-initially. Additionally, the data is expected to reveal that Pinglish and Sindhi VOT characteristics of stops are altered as a function of the place of articulation.2023, Abdul Malik Abbasi, Imtiaz Husain, Sadaf Irtaza, “The Conceptual Framework of Pakistani English Speech: An Experimental Study of Pakistani English for Speech Recognition and Machine Learning...
    • 'You butchered two languages': Lawyer's Pinglish draws the ire of CJP Isa2023 September 19, Fahad Bashir, “(article title)”, in Aaj English TV, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2023
    Synonyms:
    Paklish

Synonyms of Pinglish

Origin of Pinglish

Blend of Palestinian + English.

Blend of Persian + English.

Blend of Pakistani + English.

Questions about Pinglish

What does Pinglish mean?
Pinglish means nonstandard English spoken by Palestinians.
What part of speech is Pinglish?
Pinglish is a proper noun.

Words near Pinglish in the dictionary

  1. Pingletons
  2. Pingli
  3. Pingliang
  4. Pinglin
  5. pingling
  6. Pinglish
  7. Pinglo
  8. Pinglu
  9. Pingluo
  10. pingo
  11. pingoes

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