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Sri Lankan Creole Malay

creole formed from the mix of Sinhala and Tamil with Malay
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Sri Lankan Creole Malay

Summary

Sri Lankan Creole Malay is a language[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (52 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sri Lankan Creole Malay is identified as part of the Sri Lankan Malays ethnic group[3].
  • Sri Lankan Creole Malay is identified as part of the Javanese Sri Lankans ethnic group[4].
  • Sri Lankan Creole Malay is identified as part of the Sinhalese ethnic group[5].
  • Sri Lankan Creole Malay is located in Hambantota District[6].
  • Sri Lankan Creole Malay is in the country of Sri Lanka[7].
  • Sri Lankan Creole Malay's instance of is recorded as language[8].
  • Sri Lankan Creole Malay's instance of is recorded as creole[9].
  • Sri Lankan Creole Malay's instance of is recorded as mixed language[10].
  • Sri Lankan Creole Malay's instance of is recorded as modern language[11].
  • Sri Lankan Creole Malay is a type of Malay trade and creole languages[12].
  • Sri Lankan Creole Malay's writing system is recorded as Sinhala script[13].
  • Sri Lankan Creole Malay's writing system is recorded as Tamil script[14].
  • Sri Lankan Creole Malay's writing system is recorded as New Rumi Spelling[15].
  • Sri Lankan Creole Malay's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sri Lankan Creole Malay language[16].
  • Sri Lankan Creole Malay's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+46000'}[17].
  • Sri Lankan Creole Malay's indigenous to is recorded as Sri Lankan Malays[18].
  • Sri Lankan Creole Malay's indigenous to is recorded as Gampaha District[19].
  • Sri Lankan Creole Malay's indigenous to is recorded as Nuwara Eliya District[20].
  • Sri Lankan Creole Malay's indigenous to is recorded as Badulla District[21].
  • Sri Lankan Creole Malay's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SCI[22].
  • Sri Lankan Creole Malay's exact match is recorded as https://apics-online.info/contributions/66[23].
  • Sri Lankan Creole Malay's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 6b Threatened[24].
  • Sri Lankan Creole Malay's pronunciation variety is recorded as Help:IPA[25].

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Origins and Family

Ethnic identities include Sri Lankan Malays[3], an ethnic group[26]; Javanese Sri Lankans[4], an ethnic group[27], in Malaysia[28]; and Sinhalese[5], an ethnic group[29].

Why It Matters

Sri Lankan Creole Malay ranks in the top 4% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (52 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Related Entities

Sri Lanka

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Psubhashish · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Video → ['OpenSpeaks-sci-Sri Lanka Malay-Sejahan Buckman-SP-Roots and Language of Sri La
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P10]]: OpenSpeaks-sci-Sri Lanka Malay-Sejahan Buckman-SP-Roots and Language of Sri Lankan Malays 02.webm"
  2. 6w ago · Psubhashish · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Writing system → Sinhala script, Tamil script, New Rumi Spelling
    Number of speakers, writers, or signers → {'amount': '+46000'}
    Topic's main category → Category:Sri Lankan Creole Malay language
    Ethnologue language status → 6b Threatened
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P10]]: OpenSpeaks-sci-Sri Lanka Malay-Sejahan Buckman-SP-Roots and Language of Sri Lankan Malays.webm"
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