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Sri Lankan English (SLE) is the English language as it is used in Sri Lanka, a term dating from 1972. [1] 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.
Yasmine Gooneratne (1935 – 15 February 2024) was a Sri Lankan poet, short story writer, university professor and essayist. She was recognised in Sri Lanka, Australia, throughout Europe, and the United States, due to her substantial creative and critical publications in the field of English and post-colonial literature.
Exception from the standard are the romanization of Sinhala long "ä" ([æː]) as "ää", and the non-marking of prenasalized stops. Sinhala words of English origin mainly came about during the period of British colonial rule in Sri Lanka. This period saw absorption of several English words into the local language brought about by the ...
Sri Lanka Standards Institution also known as Sri Lanka Standards Institute (SLSI) is the National Standards Authority/Board of Sri Lanka as a subsidiary member of International Organization for Standardization was established in 1964 under the former Bureau of Ceylon Standards Act No. 38 of 1964. [1] The institution later functioned under the ...
The List of newspapers in Sri Lanka lists every daily and non-daily news publication currently operating in Sri Lanka. The list includes information on whether it is distributed daily or non-daily, and who publishes it.
Minoli Salgado. Minoli Salgado is a Sri Lankan writer and academic based in the United Kingdom who was born in Malaysia and educated mainly in England. [1] She has written extensively on migrant studies and diasporic literature and is the author of the critically acclaimed work Writing Sri Lanka. She also writes fiction and poetry, and her ...
Chandraratne Dios Sooriyarachchi Mohotti, (19 June 1913 – 4 September 1964 as Sinhala: චන්ද්රරත්න මානවසිංහ) popularly known as Chandraratne Manawasinghe, was a Sinhala scholar, poet, philosopher and writer. [1] [2] Considered one of the iconic poets in Sinhala poetry, Manawasinghe made several popular ...
Gamini Weerakoon. Sunil Wijesiriwardena. Categories: Sri Lankan people by occupation. Writers by nationality. Asian writers by nationality. Sri Lankan literature. Hidden categories: Commons category link is on Wikidata.