Manglish

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What is Manglish?

Manglish is Malaysian colloquial English, mixing English with Malay, Hokkien, Cantonese and Tamil words and particles.

It shares much with Singlish but uses more Malay vocabulary. Particles like lah, meh and wor are common. It sits on a continuum with Bahasa Rojak, a mixed Malay-English street style.

Examples

Can or not? (is it possible?); alamak (oh no); Jom go makan (let's go eat); Why you so like that one? (why are you like that?)

Kungfucius says: Manglish: you can understand it in Kuala Lumpur and nowhere else, which is the point.