Datapoint Sri Lankan Malay/Geographic variation: morphosyntax
The morphosyntax of Sri Lankan Malay itself is not highly variable; however, contrasts in the phonological shapes of both bound and free functional elements are striking between the forms used in Kirinda and the southeast in general on the one hand, and those used in Colombo and Kandy and the surrounding areas on the other hand. Complex periphrastic constructions differ to some extent between dialects. Left-headed order within compounds, associated with the Malay lexifier, has been lost in Kirinda.
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Limited
- Confidence:
- Certain