Sri Lanka Malay

Sri Lankan Malay ([mə.la.ju ʃri lə.ŋka] ), also known as Sri Lankan Creole Malay, Bahasa Melayu, Ja basawa, or Java moli, 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. It is traditionally spoken by the Sri Lankan Malays, Javanese Sri Lankans, and among some Sinhalese in the Southern Province. Today, the number of speakers of the language have dwindled slightly 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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