How can I lose my Indian accent?
How can I lose my Indian accent?
The English spoken in India is known as Indian English. This is a mix of British and American words. Most of the Indian English is based from British English. We spell the words as 'colour', 'standardise' etc.
What is the easiest accent to learn?
The most popular English accent of them all. Spread around the world by American cinema, music, television and more than 350 million North Americans (including Canadians, eh), this is the easiest accent for most people to understand, whether native speakers or non-native speakers.
Why do Indians have English accents?
The truth is: there is no Indian English accent. It's shaped by the vernacular we speak and the vernaculars we speak are many. Guwahati onwards, into the NE, they have a beautiful way of softening the 'r'. Malayalam and Tamil will shape your English vowels in their own manner, so will Bangla.
Can I learn American accent?
Learning to speak with a standard neutral American accent is not easy but you can do it if you work hard on your pronunciation and practice a lot. Here are some useful tips that everyone born outside the USA should follow to sound more like a native speaker.
How do you do an Indian accent?
The first thing to do when learning an accent is to find a native speaker of the language. So if you want to learn a French accent, get hold of a French person. The next step is to get your hands on a set text that covers all the consonant and vowel changes within a language.
How do I fix my English accent?
Indian accent is easily recognisable yet it you can find many different accents within this country. We have regional influence on our tongue. A neutral accented Indian would pronounce it as 'Stey-shuh n'. Now go to north/west India and meet a guy from Haryana (A state in India), he would pronounce it as 'Tey- sun'.
What are Indian accents?
Indian native languages are actually syllable-timed languages, like French. Indian-English speakers usually speak with a syllabic rhythm. Further, in some Indian languages, stress is associated with a low pitch, whereas in most English dialects, stressed syllables are generally pronounced with a higher pitch.