malaysian english (manglish)

Malaysian English (Manglish)
is a portmanteau from the word Malay and English. This refers to the street English Malaysians use.

ENGLISH IN MALAYSIA

• is divided into three categories;
• Acrolect : near native, very tiny percentage of Malaysian.
• Mesolect : an intermediate dialect or variety of a particular language (used especially in the study of Creoles).
• Basilect : lowest register of a spoken language. In a post-creole community, it is the dialect that most closely resembles the creole.

features of the language

• Has components of American English, Malay, Chinese, Indian and other languages ; vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar.
• The /t/ phoneme in words like butter is usually not flapped or realized as a glottal stop.

references

• Normazla & Mariatul Kibtiyah. (n.d). The Use of Malay Malaysian English in Malaysian English: Key Considerations. Retrieved from http://repo.uum.edu.my/3263/1/N5.pdf on 14 August 2015.
• Norashikin Binte Mohamed, I. A. (September 2010). English Language Teaching. Canadian Center of Science and Education. Retrieved from www.ccsenet.org/elt on 15 August 2015.

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