Editing Regional accents of English (section)

===Malaysia===
{{Main|Malaysian English}}
{{See also|Manglish}}

Malay is the [[lingua franca]] of [[Malaysia]], a federation of former British colonies and similar dependencies. English is a foreign language with no official status, but it is commonly learnt as a second or third language.

The Malaysian accent appears to be a melding of British, Chinese, Tamil, and Malay influences.

Many Malaysians adopt different accents and usages depending on the situation. For example, an office worker may speak with less colloquialism and with a more British accent on the job than with friends or while out shopping.

*[[timing (linguistics)|Syllable-timing]], where speech is timed according to syllable, akin to the English of the Indian Subcontinent. Elsewhere, speech is usually timed to stress.
* A quick, staccato style, with "puncturing" syllables and well-defined, drawn-out tones
* [[Non-rhotic]]ity, like most varieties of [[English language in England]]. Hence, "caught" and "court" are homophonous as {{IPA|/kɔːt/}} (in actuality, {{IPA|[kɔːʔ]}} or {{IPA|[koːʔ]}}), "can't" rhymes with "aren't", etc.
* The "ay" and "ow" sounds in "raid" and "road" ({{IPA|/eɪ/}} and {{IPA|/oʊ/}}, respectively) are pronounced as [[monophthong]]s, i.e. with no "glide": {{IPA|[red]}} and {{IPA|[rod]}}.
* {{IPA|/θ/}} is pronounced as [t] and {{IPA|/ð/}} as [d]; hence, "thin" is {{IPA|[tɪn]}} and "then" is {{IPA|[dɛn]}}.
* Depending on how colloquial the situation is: many [[discourse particle]]s, or words inserted at the end of sentences that indicate the role of the sentence in discourse and the mood it conveys, like "lah", "leh", "mah", "hor", etc.