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How ‘Sri Lankan English’ adapted, borrowed and blended into the Oxford English Dictionary

Aamina Nizar
By Aamina Nizar

Be it asweddumized fields or mallung in a rice and curry meal, kiribath for a special occasion, sizzling kottu, scrumptious watalappam or a happening baila song – each one of these examples provides a glimpse of Sri Lanka in a nutshell.

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