Sri Lanka Malay language

Sri Lankan Malay
Sri Lankan Malay
Native to	Sri Lanka
Region	Nationwide, especially in Hambantota District
Ethnicity	Sri Lankan Malays, also spoken by some Sinhalese in Hambantota
Native speakers	46,000 (2006)
Language family	Malay Creole Sri Lankan Malay;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sci
Glottolog	sril1245
ELP	Sri Lanka Malay

Sri Lankan Malay (also known as Sri Lankan Creole Malay, Bahasa Melayu, Ja basawa and Java mozhi) is a creole language spoken in Sri Lanka, formed as a mixture of Sinhala and Shonam (Sri Lankan Muslim Tamil), with Malay being the major lexifier.^[2] It is traditionally spoken by the Sri Lankan Malays and among some Sinhalese in Hambantota.^[3] Today, the number of speakers of the language have dwindled considerably but it has continued to be spoken notably in the Hambantota District of Southern Sri Lanka, which has traditionally been home to many Sri Lankan Malays.

^ Sri Lankan Malay at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ "APiCS Online - Survey chapter: Sri Lankan Malay". apics-online.info. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
^ de Silva Jayasuriya, Shihan (2002). "Sri Lankan Malay: A Unique Creole" (PDF). NUSA: Linguistic studies of languages in and around Indonesia. 50: 43–57.

[e18-1] Sri Lankan Malay at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[APiCS-2] "APiCS Online - Survey chapter: Sri Lankan Malay". apics-online.info. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

[3] Silva Jayasuriya, Shihan (2002). "Sri Lankan Malay: A Unique Creole" (PDF). NUSA: Linguistic studies of languages in and around Indonesia. 50: 43–57.

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