MALAY LANGUAGE IN SRI LANKA: SOCIO-MECHANICS OF A ...

thm.sinh.lrmdTamilI.nll\ullerhave~reEemdtotht~u~yV.c&r(l
('Compny Street'. 'annplmy' standing for the Dutch Eut India Compny). h. re R.L.
Bmhier, h & g F m of Gylom, ppeeim.
M.M.M. Mahroof "Malays of Sri Ma", passim.
H.A. de S. Gunasekera. From Drpcndmr Cvnrrry & C . Bmkiq in Ccylon 1621-1957
(Londoa. 1962). Pamim.
H.A.J. HuluppUa, Briaislr Govrmon of CLybn (Colombo. I=).
H.W. Cabh@n.A Short HLrory of Gybn (London. 1938). Calendar of Emts (appendix).
A tranalabion of the dead is in M. Mund Jayah. "Sri L.nLsn Malays".
A.C. Dep. A Hirrory of tk Ceyh Police, wl. ol. (1- to 1913). ((hlombo. 1970). M.M.M.
Mabroof. "Sri Lath Malay Communi-A Miaarity a Minaity". L Al-N&
(K-. Mdqia), vol. 10. m. 3-4 (1990), p. 29 acq.
M.M.M. M.hroof, "Malays of Sri Lath".
Cttbe~rdstruetureoftherofLl~bionoftheMualhncommunityasarbole,
m (ESMSL), cbptcr VI. "Mualhn Social Orp.niPtion", by M.M.M. Mabroof).
The fishing community is a distind sociological entity m M.Lysia; socit~~~~thropological
studies on tbe Malayan fisbtrmen exist.
The term 'tlamhtiution' in, of CDUrse, d in the srinivaa (ha) scllsc.
List of Macqucs, Slvincs d Pbm of Rcb'ghw Worsh@ (Colombo: Department of Mudim
Moaquca and Charitable Tmts. 1970). p. 39.
For instaaa, tbe neme 'Swjab' pronounced today with j (as m 'jam') migbt have been
prondwithjxy.
'Ibat name is 'Junteer'. which is stroagly reminsant of tbe Dutch jon heer = the German
wordjvngHm=pmgsir.
'Zbolyh Mualim 'little mapzinca' often hsd a desultory enbtence. still bmure of I d of
daily ncwspapm md other entcrt.inment, they hsd a study audience.
For a speeimen hvin (tho@ not in bundirl), re Ahmadu Baw, 'We Customs
oftbeMoonofCeykn" mlwmol. RoydAsioPicSockty (Ceylon Brsnch). Colombo. 1988.
Fortbecontentoftbeserica, su.SirRich.rdWiustet,A HisroryofChuiodM&yLircmhuc
(Londoa reprint. 1969). p. la. Abo, M.M.M. Mduwf. 1- CUCM. 1973.
Insom~~,theMalaybaUd~arcvcryd~tombdievd~~.Tb
suchasm'LordR.adPI'arc~ucntlyfamdmM.lay.
Kanaka Sentbathan. I&nkiyd lhd lhkiyya Vakuchi (History of Tamil Literature m Sri
Lath) (Colombo. 1961); chapter on Muslim poets.
A8 ' . . don Report d the Director of Pllblic Immuh [C. BIUOC] for year 1881 (Cdmbo.
Govt. Printer); Admiahmtino Report of the Dkdor of Pllblic hvwtim [H.W.
Gretn] for year 1883 (Cdombo, Govt. Rintcr).
M.M.M. Mahroof "Mdays of Sri Laukn".
Murad Jayah. "Sri LanL.0 M.l.ys".
TheTamilI~iSrichm'om-groanad~~'as~Gcrman. Sentmassuchastbe
f o u m v h g ~ c o m m o n . ( N ~ ~ ~ ~
wmfh~~; (Yestenby-with me-two born,talkcd-mm~, came today too). Hammn Bqhm.
~G~&~&(Leipa,lW3);.botherorLtof~B. Stamr.
Terms Lite dhamma, ag- and pup arc found m Siala as well as m classical Malay,
thougb tbe context is different. For instamr, puja waos Islamic worships (rituals).
hmtn (A& - ' - .' Report for lw).
Thmnma~rmmkrofT~,rrminlyfrom~SriMa,rbosemda
offieiabmthcFcdmatcd~St.tg,rbokM.Ly.
The H- of SWC, beaded by Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten was m Kandy
(m aatrrrl Sri L.nLn).
TheM.LyM-booththeTacbYoMelf-ru-tlymw.