Editing Manglish (section)

==Malaysian English and Manglish==

In Malaysia, Manglish is considered to be a less formal form of [[Malaysian English]] which has features of a [[pidgin]] or a [[Creole language|creole]], rather than a fully-fledged creole language.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=juAzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA13 |title=English in Malaysia: Current Use and Status |date=2016 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-31430-6 |editor-last=Yamaguchi |editor-first=Toshiko |page=13 |editor-last2=Deterding |editor-first2=David}}</ref><ref name="star"/> While all varieties of English used by Malaysians may be considered Malaysian English,<ref name="English in Southeast Asia 2012">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ngPPJtDJ3gwC&pg=PT70 |title=English in Southeast Asia: Features, Policy and Language in Use |date=2012 |publisher=John Benjamins Publishing Company |isbn=978-90-272-4902-9 |editor-last=Low |editor-first=Ee-Ling |page=56 |editor-last2=Azirah Hashim}}</ref> some make a distinction between Malaysian English and Manglish; Malaysian English being a form of English that largely follows the standard rules of English grammar but with some local characteristics, while Manglish is a pidgin that does not follow the grammatical rules or structure of English.<ref name="star"/> Many Malaysians however tend to refer to the colloquialisms used by those taught in English-medium school as Malaysian English,<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Patke |first1=Rajeev Shridhar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t2yNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA32 |title=The Routledge Concise History of Southeast Asian Writing in English |last2=Holden |first2=Philip |publisher=Routledge |year=2010 |page=32|isbn=978-1-135-25762-0 }}</ref> while some argued for the basilect form or pidgin as the "real" Malaysian English.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/viewpoints/mind-our-english/2013/10/08/just-dont-call-it-manglish/ |title=Just don't call it Manglish! |author=Alistair King |work=The Star |date=8 October 2013}}</ref> At the lexical level, limited [[Lexis (linguistics)|lexis]] is used and consequently, a number of words serve a variety of functions, giving extended meanings not normally accepted in standard British English.

There are some differences of contemporary words used between Malaysia and the United Kingdom. The use of Manglish is discouraged at schools, where only Malaysian Standard English is taught.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wOTcr9mrtEUC&q=manglish&pg=PA389 |title=The Handbook of Business Discourse |date=2009 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press  |editor-last=Bargiela-Chiappini |editor-first=Francesca |location=Edinburgh|isbn=978-0-7486-2801-8 }}</ref>

The term Malaysian English is not used in any official context except for the ever-changing school curriculum modules in attempts to improve the command of English but without going into advanced lessons.

It is however, possible to speak Manglish without substituting English words with those from another language.