Editing Pakistani English (section)

==Relationship with Indian English==
{{See also|Indian English}}
Pakistani English (PE) shares many similarities with [[Indian English]], but since the [[Partition of India]], there have been some very obvious differences. Rahman argues that PE is an [[language transfer|interference variety]] of English created by the use of the features of Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and other languages spoken in Pakistan. He further divides PE into Anglicised English, which is very similar to the speech and writing of the speakers of British Standard English (BSE), [[acrolect]] PE, which is used by Pakistanis educated in English-medium schools, mesolectal PE, which is used by ordinary, Urdu-educated Pakistanis and [[basilect]] PE, which is used by people of little formal education, such as guides and waiters.<ref name="Rahman1990">{{cite book| last =Rahman| first =Tariq| title =Pakistani English: The linguistic description of a non-native variety of English| year =1990| publisher =National Institute of Pakistan Studies| location =Islamabad}}</ref>

Words and expressions of PE have been noted by a number of scholars,<ref name="Baumgardner">{{cite journal | last =Baumgardner| first =Robert | title =Utilising Pakistani Newspaper English to Teach Grammar | journal =World Englishes | year =1987 | volume =6 | issue =3 | pages =241–252 | doi=10.1111/j.1467-971x.1987.tb00204.x}}</ref> including unique idioms and colloquial expressions as well as accents. Also, like Indian English, Pakistani English has preserved many phrases that are now considered antiquated in Britain.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tharoor |first1=Shashi |title=How the Woosters captured Delhi |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/jul/20/classics.pgwodehouse |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=20 July 2002 |location=London}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=August 2021}}