Dr de Silva Jayasuriya will give a lecturer on Sri Lankan Communities with Lusitanian Linguistic Links on Tuesday 24th July 2012 at 4.00 pm at the ICES Auditorium, 554/6A, Peradeniya Road, Mulgampola, Kandy0
Synposis
This lecture is concerned with the communities who speak Sri Lanka Portuguese Creole. Indo-Portuguese of Ceylon or Sri Lanka Portuguese Creole, was once an important lingua franca. Though predicted to have become extinct, Sri Lanka Portuguese Creole still survives, against all odds. Indo-Portuguese speakers are ethnically different, but their histories are entwined. The Portuguese encounter with Sri Lanka which began five centuries ago was brief and ceased in the mid-seventeenth century. Two further waves of Europeans washed over the shores of Sri Lanka but Lusitanian linguistic links remain strong. This lecture highlights the important role of the Creole-speaking communities in the transmission of Portuguese linguistic elements to the local languages.
OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
DM (24 juillet 2012). Sri Lankan Communities with Lusitanian Linguistic Links by Dr Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya. SRI LANKA & DIASPORAS. Consulté le 17 mars 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/u7mm