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| Sri Lankan Malay | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Sri Lanka |
| Region | Nationwide, especially in Hambantota District |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Malays, also spoken by some Javanese Sri Lankans and Sinhalese in Hambantota |
Native speakers | 46,000 (2006)[1] |
Malay-based 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, or Java mozhi, is a Malay-based 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, Javanese Sri Lankans, 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.