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Hong Kong English
English language as it is used in Hong Kong / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For more background on this topic, see Languages of Hong Kong.
Hong Kong English is a variety of the English language native to Hong Kong. The variant is either a learner interlanguage or emergent variant, primarily a result of Hong Kong's British colonial history and the influence of native Hong Kong Cantonese speakers.
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Hong Kong English | |
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Native to | Hong Kong |
Region | East Asia |
Latin (English alphabet) Unified English Braille | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | hong1245 |
IETF | en-HK |
![]() Location of Hong Kong | |
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