Sri Lankan Malay | |
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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)[1] |
Malay Creole
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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.
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