"Singlish" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Blend of Singaporean + English Etymology templates: {{blend|en|Singaporean|English}} Blend of Singaporean + English Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Singlish (uncountable)
  1. (Singapore, linguistics) A highly colloquial or basilectal variety of Singapore English incorporating much Hokkien and Malay lexis. Tags: Singapore, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics, Languages Related terms: Singaporean English, Singapore English Coordinate_terms: Singaporean Translations (English-based creole used in Singapore): 星式英文 (alt: sing¹ sik¹ jing¹ man⁴⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 新加坡英語 (Chinese Mandarin), 新加坡英语 (Xīnjiāpō Yīngyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 星式英語 (Chinese Mandarin), 星式英语 (Xīngshì Yīngyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 新加坡式英語 (Chinese Mandarin), 新加坡式英语 (Xīnjiāpōshì Yīngyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), singlish (Finnish), singlish [masculine] (French), सिंगलिश (siṅgliś) [feminine] (Marathi)
    Sense id: en-Singlish-en-noun-hI1P79SE Disambiguation of Languages: 68 32 Categories (other): Singapore English, English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Singapore English, Sri Lankan English Disambiguation of English blends: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 71 29 Disambiguation of Singapore English: 82 18 Disambiguation of Sri Lankan English: 49 51 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: English
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Singlish Disambiguation of Singlish: 0 0

Noun

Etymology: Blend of Sinhala + English, or, Sri Lanka + English Etymology templates: {{blend|en|Sinhala|English}} Blend of Sinhala + English, {{blend|en|Sri Lanka|English|notext=1}} Sri Lanka + English Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Singlish (uncountable)
  1. (Sri Lanka, linguistics) Any of various varieties of English spoken in Sri Lanka. Tags: Sri-Lanka, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Hypernyms: South Asian English Related terms: Ceylon English, Ceylonese English, Sinhala English, Sinhalese English, Sri Lanka English, Sri Lankan English Coordinate_terms: Sri Lankan, Sinhalese, Ceylonese
    Sense id: en-Singlish-en-noun-92SGv~Nu Categories (other): Sri Lankan English, English blends, Sri Lankan English Disambiguation of English blends: 49 51 Disambiguation of Sri Lankan English: 49 51 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: English
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Singlish Disambiguation of Singlish: 0 0

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