Sri Lankan English
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Sri Lankan English is the variety of the English language spoken in Sri Lanka, characterized by its own distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and influences from Sinhala and Tamil.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ceylon English | 1 |
| Sri Lankan English canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect of English
ⓘ
variety of English ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Ceylon Civil Service
ⓘ
surface form:
British colonial administration in Ceylon
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Sri Lankan English
ⓘ
surface form:
Ceylon English
Sri Lanka English ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
code-switching with Sinhala
ⓘ
code-switching with Tamil ⓘ distinctive pronunciation ⓘ distinctive vocabulary ⓘ influence of British spelling conventions ⓘ local idioms and expressions ⓘ non-rhotic pronunciation in many speakers ⓘ use of Sinhala and Tamil loanwords ⓘ |
| hasDomainSpecificUse |
higher courts proceedings in Sri Lanka
ⓘ
legal system in Sri Lanka ⓘ tertiary education instruction medium in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
British English
ⓘ
Colonial Ceylon history ⓘ Sinhala ⓘ Tamil ⓘ |
| hasLanguageBranch | Germanic languages ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| hasLanguageSubbranch | West Germanic languages ⓘ |
| hasLexicalFeature |
borrowings from Sinhala for food terms
ⓘ
borrowings from Tamil for kinship terms ⓘ |
| hasOrthographicConvention | primarily uses British English spelling ⓘ |
| hasParentLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
influence of Sinhala phonology
ⓘ
influence of Tamil phonology ⓘ |
| hasRegionalVariantOf | South Asian English ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticFeature |
variation by ethnicity
ⓘ
variation by level of education ⓘ variation by social class ⓘ |
| hasStatus |
important language for higher education in Sri Lanka
ⓘ
important language for international communication in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | linguists as a distinct variety of English ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| usedAs |
link language among ethnic groups in Sri Lanka
ⓘ
second language in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Burgher community in Sri Lanka
ⓘ
Sinhala speakers in Sri Lanka ⓘ Tamil speakers in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
business and commerce in Sri Lanka
ⓘ
education in Sri Lanka ⓘ government and administration in Sri Lanka ⓘ media and journalism in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ceylon English