Hong Kong English

Hong Kong English
English
Native toHong Kong
RegionAsia
EthnicityHongkongers
Early forms
Latin (English alphabet)
Unified English Braille
Official status
Official language in
Hong Kong
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologhong1245
IETFen-HK
Location of Hong Kong

Hong Kong English or Honglish 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.