alternate_names: "Sri Lankan Creole Malay; Melayu Bahasa; Java Jati; Sri Lankan Malay; Melayu; Sri Lanka pe Melayu; Java; Ja basawa; Java mozhi",
lang_description: "Restructured vernacular of Malay base spoken by at least five different communities in Sri Lanka; influenced by Tamil and Sinhala.",
classification: "Pidgin or Creole; Malay based",
dialect_varieties: "",
public_comment: "",
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ethnic_population: "",
date_of_info: "",
public_comment: "Malays in Sri Lanka constitute 0.3% of the population.",
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ethnic_population: "40,000",
date_of_info: "",
public_comment: ""There are no statistics on the number of speakers living outside Sri Lanka, and the statistics that are available fro Sri Lanka are ethnic statistics rather than linguistic ones."",
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simplified_level: "high",
coordinates: "6.92, 79.86",
updated_at: "2018-03-29 16:47:59",
speaker_attitude: "Revitalization projects by communities members are heard but they target at learning Malaysia's Standard Malay instead of Sri Lanka Malay.",
government_support: "",
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domains_of_use: "Used mainly only in the home and/or with family, and may not be the primary language even in these domains for many community members.",