Manglish

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An English-based creole spoken in Malaysia, incorporating words from Malay and other mostly Asian languages.

    "He stands back and witnesses with awe the language’s myriad offshoots, like Manglish (Malay and English) and Konglish (English in South Korea)."

  2. 2
    A mixture of the Maltese and English languages.

Synonyms

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malenglishmalenglishmalglishmalglishmaltenglishminglish

Example

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"He stands back and witnesses with awe the language’s myriad offshoots, like Manglish (Malay and English) and Konglish (English in South Korea)."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Blend of Malaysia + English.

Etymology 2

Blend of Maltese + English.

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