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... official language , with Tamil as a national language . A new constitution is adopted by the government of Sri Lanka . The official language of Sri Lanka is Sinhala . Sinhala and Tamil are declared national languages . Sinhala , Tamil ...
... official language , with Tamil as a national language . A new constitution is adopted by the government of Sri Lanka . The official language of Sri Lanka is Sinhala . Sinhala and Tamil are declared national languages . Sinhala , Tamil ...
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... official languages . The tension and turmoil leading to the signing of the Peace Accord , and the tragedy of the ... language lasted for a very short time . By November 1987 , the 13th Amendment to the Constitution declared , " Tamil shall ...
... official languages . The tension and turmoil leading to the signing of the Peace Accord , and the tragedy of the ... language lasted for a very short time . By November 1987 , the 13th Amendment to the Constitution declared , " Tamil shall ...
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... official language , linguistic rights became a major political issue . From 1956 to 2005 , there has been no change in the status of Sinhalese as the official language of Sri Lanka . Both Sinhalese and Tamil were declared national languages ...
... official language , linguistic rights became a major political issue . From 1956 to 2005 , there has been no change in the status of Sinhalese as the official language of Sri Lanka . Both Sinhalese and Tamil were declared national languages ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
Elitist English | 33 |
Mixing Languages | 49 |
Copyright | |
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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