Datapoint Sri Lankan Malay/Domains of use: electronic media
The use of the language in text messaging and e-mails, in that order, is increasingly widespread. Kirinda young people use Yahoo messenger and other utilities at home in the village and at internet cafes in the towns of Tissamaharama and Hambantota, sending messages in fairly consistent improvised orthography. I have frequently received e-mails, live chat messages and text messages in the Kirinda variety. (Transliterated vernacular speech is increasingly a medium for electronic communication between young people in Sri Lanka.)
Values 
Widespread
- Confidence:
- Very certain