English

Manglish

Blend of Malaysia + English.

Malay Melay

English Malay

Proto-West Germanic *Angli ‘an Angle’

Old English Engle ‘the Angles’

Old English Englisċ ‘of the Angles’

Middle English Englisch ‘of England’

Today it means

name An English-based creole spoken in Malaysia, incorporating words from Malay and other mostly Asian languages.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Manglish