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... ethnic groups in Sri Lanka were on an equal footing . By elevating Sinhalese as the only official language , the Tamil speaking population lost its place in the affairs of state . DeVotta ( 2003 : 114 ) in his discussion of " The ...
... ethnic groups in Sri Lanka were on an equal footing . By elevating Sinhalese as the only official language , the Tamil speaking population lost its place in the affairs of state . DeVotta ( 2003 : 114 ) in his discussion of " The ...
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... ethnic groups are the Muslims or Moors who speak Tamil , the Malays who speak Sri Lankan Malay , and the Burghers and Eurasians who are the descendants of the Portuguese and Dutch . The language of the Burghers and Eurasians is English ...
... ethnic groups are the Muslims or Moors who speak Tamil , the Malays who speak Sri Lankan Malay , and the Burghers and Eurasians who are the descendants of the Portuguese and Dutch . The language of the Burghers and Eurasians is English ...
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... Ethnic Relations in Asia . ( pp . 105-139 ) . Cambridge , MA : The MIT Press . Fernando , Chitra ( 1976 ) . English ... Ethnicity versus Nationalism : The Devolution Discourse in Sri Lanka . New Delhi : Sage Publications . Glossary of ...
... Ethnic Relations in Asia . ( pp . 105-139 ) . Cambridge , MA : The MIT Press . Fernando , Chitra ( 1976 ) . English ... Ethnicity versus Nationalism : The Devolution Discourse in Sri Lanka . New Delhi : Sage Publications . Glossary of ...
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Acknowledgments | 7 |
Elitist English | 33 |
Mixing Languages | 49 |
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abbreviation accent adjective associated become bilingual borrowing from Sinhalese borrowing from Tamil British British English Buddhist called caste characteristic close colloquial Colombo colonial compound noun considered culture derogatory describe discussion Dutch elite English in Sri English word ethnic example expression front given Glossary going governance identity included influence Jaffna kind language linguistic looks majority Malay marker Michigan mixing morphological Muslim native official official language originally person phrase political Portuguese Professor refers reflects represents rice round sari schools served similar Sinhala Sinhalese and Tamil Sinhalese means Sinhalese word social society speak speakers speech Sri Lankan English SSLE Standard suffix sweet Table Tamil term thing traditional transfer translation University usually variety of English verb vowel women writing