Kathikawa: Dinali Fernando. Is there something called Sri Lankan English?

The Kathikawa/Dialogue programme is an interview with a writer/academic/artist about an issue related to language learning/language/translation/and writing. Here, Dinlai Fernando, Senior Lecturer, Department of English, University of Kelaniya, speaks about what it means to talk about a Sri Lankan English.

[@Shivanth123]

Sri Lankan English is what exactly we hear from the beginning to the end of this conversation. It is not only the pronunciation and accent but also where we emphasize in sentences, the ryhme,, voice modulation and even the vocal pitch. Even Sri Lankans who master pronunciation and get rid of the accent 90%, still talk English in a Sinhala or Tamil rhythm, unless they live in an English speaking country and are aware of it and make efforts to change it. Im not saying it is bad, English is a very live and evolving language.

[@lunugaladhamminda7078]

An excellent conversation Madam

[@HLANGL]

47:18-47:52: Haansi putuwa (in Sinhalese/Sinhala) = Plantation chair or Planter's chair (in English, or at least in Indian English) ....

[@inranasingha]

Sorry, Your Honor, I heard a " Campus" word from time to time in your lecture. It should be university, not campus. Campus -මණ්ඩප Ex-ශ්‍රීපාලි

[@gauthapandith]

අනිවය්ර්යේන්ම ලංකාවේ උච්චරානය් සහ ඉංගිරීසි බස වියුඅහට ඉන්දියාවට ගොඩක් සමනෛ( රනිල්ගේ ගදිච්චා ඉංගිරීසි වගේ) , අසල්වැසි අබාසය. අපේ ඉංගිරීසි අපට අවනික වචන මාලාවක්, ඉංගිරීසි මව්බාසව කථාකරන් රටවල් යට අපිවේ හොහෙත්ම තේරෙන්න න. දැන් හැදෙන ළමා පරපුර හොද හරි දේ ඉගෙන ගන්නවා උ ටුබ් වලට පින්සිද්ද වෙන්න, නැත්නම් එයාලත් අපි වගේම අනාත වෙනවා වැරදි ඉන්දියානු ඉංගිරීසි ඒගෙන ගන්නවා