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About: Sri Lankan English     Goto   Sponge   NotDistinct   Permalink

An Entity of Type : yago:WikicatEnglishDialects, within Data Space : dbpedia.org associated with source document(s)

Type: languageyago:WikicatLanguagesOfSriLankayago:Abstraction100002137yago:AuditoryCommunication107109019yago:Communication100033020yago:Dialect107155661yago:Language106282651yago:Non-standardSpeech107155081yago:Speech107109196yago:WikicatEnglishDialects New Facet based on Instances of this Class

Sri Lankan English (SLE) is the English language as it is used in Sri Lanka, a term dating from 1972. Sri Lankan English is principally categorised as the Standard Variety and the Nonstandard Variety, which is called as "Not Pot English". The classification of SLE as a separate dialect of English is controversial. English in Sri Lanka is spoken by approximately 23.8% of the population (2012 est.), and widely used for official and commercial purposes. Sri Lankan English being the native language of approximately 5400 people thus challenges Braj Kachru's placement of it in the Outer Circle. Furthermore, it is taught as a compulsory second language in local schools from grade one to thirteen, and Sri Lankans pay special attention on learning English both as children and adults. It is consider