HINDLISH

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HINDLISH, also Hinglish. Informal terms for a mixture of HINDI and English that includes such HYBRID expressions as city Kotwali (city police station) and relgari (railway train), and complete sentences such as Mãĩ āp ko batātī hum̃, he is a very trusting person I tell you, he is a very trusting person. See CODE-MIXING AND CODE-SWITCHING, INDIAN ENGLISH.

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