Unveiling "Hinglish" language in South Asia

• Project/Area Number: 18K18499
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Medium-sized Section 2:Literature, linguistics, and related fields
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
• Principal Investigator: Mamiya Kensaku 東京外国語大学, 大学院総合国際学研究院, 准教授 (00403204)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-06-29 – 2023-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
• Budget Amount: ¥6,240,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,440,000); Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
• Keywords: ヒングリッシュ / 南アジアの英語 / 南アジア / ウルドゥー / インド英語 / Hinglish / 語彙 / 言語学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study was to elucidate what 'Hinglish' is, an English variant that has recently attracted attention in Japan. Although English spoken in India and South Asia is often used synonymously with 'Hinglish', India is home to a diverse ethnic population living in different languages. It would be unreasonable to treat the English used by such people, or their own languages in combination with English, as 'Hinglish' all together. Therefore, the present study defines 'Hinglish' as the English variant used by native Hindi speakers (including those who use Hindi as their first language) and conducts basic research to observe its characteristics.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の研究期間の大半が新型コロナウイルス蔓延の時期と重なっており、現地調査の計画を再考せざるを得なくなり、申請者が有していた語彙の分析が研究の中心となった。しかし、その成果は『ウルドゥー語－日本語語彙集』（東京外国語大学拠点南アジア研究センター、2022年３月）として、語彙集に含める形で出版することができたほか、研究期間中に実施した東京外国語大学でのTUFSCinemaと称する世界各地の映画上映企画における南アジア映画特集の中でも字幕制作等に反映させることができた。これらの成果は社会への還元としては一定の価値があるものと判断できる。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Urdu education in Japan: the situation and our suggestion (2021)
  • Author(s): Kensaku Mamiya
  • Journal Title: Preservation and promotion of Urdu in today's global context Volume: 1 Pages: 279-282
• [Journal Article] ウルドゥー語の情報標示の諸要素 (2020)
  • Author(s): 萬宮健策
  • Journal Title: 東京外国語大学語学研究所論集 Volume: 25 Pages: 201-206
  • NAID: 120007018779
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Presentation] Research and Education of Urdu in Japan (2021)
  • Author(s): MAMIYA Kensaku
  • Organizer: Education of language: possibilities and discussions
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Japanese Haiku in Urdu language (2021)
  • Author(s): MAMIYA Kensaku
  • Organizer: International Webnar: varieties of literature: past, present and future
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Beyond Colonial Intermediary: A New History of the Princely State of Hyderabad’s Relations with Japan (2020)
  • Author(s): Kensaku Mamiya
  • Organizer: AAS-in -Asia 2020
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 日本におけるウルドゥー語教育の現状及び日本からの提案（発表はウルドゥー語） (2019)
  • Author(s): MAMIYA-Komaki Kensaku
  • Organizer: World Urdu Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] 世界の公用語辞典 (2022)
  • Author(s): 萬宮健策
  • Publisher: 丸善出版
  • ISBN: 9784621306949
• [Book] ウルドゥー語－日本語語彙集 (2022)
  • Author(s): 鈴木斌、萩田博、萬宮健策、村上明香
  • Total Pages: 745
  • Publisher: 東京外国語大学拠点南アジア研究センター
  • ISBN: 9784907877279
• [Book] ニューエクスプレス プラス ウルドゥー語 (2019)
  • Author(s): 萩田博、萬宮健策
  • Total Pages: 163
  • Publisher: 白水社
  • ISBN: 9784560088234
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://www.tufs.ac.jp/ts/personal/mamiya_k/index_2.htm
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://www.tufs.ac.jp/ts/personal/mamiya_k/connect.htm