Tenglish (Telugu: తెంగ్లిష్ (teṅgliṣ)), refers to the code-mixing or code-switching of the Telugu language and Indian English.
The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two languages and has been variously composed. The earliest form is Telugish (dating from 1972), then Teluglish (2000), Tinglish (2003), Telenglish (2010), and Telugish and Telish (both 2014).[1]
In the context of colloquial written language, Tenglish refers to the Telugu language written in English alphabet (that is, using Roman script instead of Telugu script, in contexts like social media), mixed with English vocabulary as well.
- ^ Lambert, James. 2018. A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity. English World-wide, 39(1): 31-32. 1DOI: 10.1075/eww.38.3.04lam