"Manglish" meaning in English

See Manglish in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Blend of Malaysia + English. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|Malaysia|English}} Blend of Malaysia + English Head templates: {{en-prop}} Manglish
  1. An English-based creole spoken in Malaysia, incorporating words from Malay and other mostly Asian languages. Categories (topical): Dialects, Linguistics Synonyms: Malenglish, Malglish
    Sense id: en-Manglish-en-name-5MdIN458 Disambiguation of Dialects: 64 36 Disambiguation of Linguistics: 65 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Blend of Maltese + English Etymology templates: {{blend|en|Maltese|English}} Blend of Maltese + English Head templates: {{en-prop}} Manglish
  1. A mixture of the Maltese and English languages. Categories (topical): English Synonyms: Maltenglish, Minglish
    Sense id: en-Manglish-en-name-wb~uOIGG Disambiguation of English: 44 56 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English blends: 31 69 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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