{"id":115230,"date":"2023-06-02T00:26:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T00:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=115230"},"modified":"2023-06-02T00:27:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T00:27:09","slug":"sri-lankan-english-an-unrecognised-creole-by-randika-jayakody-jerome-perera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/sri-lankan-english-an-unrecognised-creole-by-randika-jayakody-jerome-perera\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankan English: An Unrecognised Creole &#8211; By Randika Jayakody &#038; Jerome Perera"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Sri Lankan English: An Unrecognised Creole &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">By Randika Jayakody &amp; Jerome Perera<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Source :\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/qld-sri-lankan-newsletter-daehaena-june-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Qld Sri Lankan Newsletter \u2013 D\u00e6h\u00e6na \u2013 June 2023<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">English language ostensibly arrived in Ceylon in 1796 with the first British sailors and immediately began evolving into a new language. In order to understand this change, it is important to understand two terms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">A pidgin is the result of two or more different languages meeting. This leads to the development of a new language using vocabulary, grammar, and language habits of all these languages. When this new language is transmitted to a new generation as their mother tongue, the language becomes a creole.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It is within this context that I wish to introduce the concept of Sri Lankan English Creole (SLEC) to describe a type of English unique to Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Some unique features of SLEC that readers may recognise: SLEC completely reorganises Standard English grammar, and adds words and sentiments from the 20 or more languages in SL in order to express complex concepts. For example: \u201cAiyoo, real sothy fellow no?\u201d incorporates the Dravidian language words aiyoo and sothy, meaning feeble or ineffectual, with Sinhala grammar and English vocabulary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">There is the use of Victorian idioms and metaphors as a method of expressing emotions. For instance, \u201caaa, gone for a six\u201d is used to denote a disappointing accident. Or the term \u201cmany happy returns of the day\u201d as a birthday wish. Or \u201creal bull in a China shop no men\u201d to express frustration at clumsiness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">There is an inversion of English grammar like a jazz musician playing with musical scales \u201cAne, on the light will-you\u201d. Then there are humorous examples of character judgement: \u201cHere, that bugger is an ace boozer men!\u201d when disparagingly referring to drunkenness. Or \u201cThey are carrying on like nothing ah!\u201d to signify a blatant affair or romantic relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">There is also a complex tonality, gestures, and facial expressions complementing each statement which conveys a great deal of meaning. For instance, \u201cane-sin no?\u201d when expressing strong feelings of pity or sympathy is often accompanied by a sad facial expression.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Sometimes a single word can convey a great deal of meaning. \u201cYou have put-on\u201d indicates the listener has gained weight. \u201cHere, just wait men\u201d, which appears in standard English as a request for patience but is actually a stern expression of disbelief in SLEC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Akin to the Sinhala \u201cMeh nikan inna\u201d. Many nations have embraced their English creoles, such as Singlish and Manglish in Singapore and Malaysia. West African and Belizean creoles, Jamaican Patois, and Tok Pisin from Papua New Guinea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">SLEC has not received the recognition it deserves, particularly in light of class conscious obsessions with correctness in English. SLEC is often disparagingly referred to by some as broken English or sometimes Lansi English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72921 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Randika-Jayakody-and-Jerome-Perera-1.jpg\" alt=\"Randika Jayakody and Jerome Perera\" width=\"116\" height=\"71\" \/>Randika Jayakody &amp; Jerome Perera<\/span><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Among Randika and Jerome\u2019s many interests is a deep<\/span><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">passion to understand Sri Lankan history and culture. <\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lankan English: An Unrecognised Creole &#8211; By Randika Jayakody &amp; Jerome Perera Source :\u00a0Qld Sri Lankan Newsletter \u2013 D\u00e6h\u00e6na \u2013 June 2023 English language ostensibly arrived in Ceylon in 1796 with the first British sailors and immediately began evolving into a new language. 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