ermons are preached to give a sense of the continuity to the community and give the younger generation an understanding of their heritage. These sermons are not published nor are they open to the outside public. But the other literature used in this paper is to do with Indian English and for this Tom McArthurs The Oxford Companion to the English Language proved invaluable. So too were the writings of Braj B. Kachru and Salman Rushdie. Main Bhai Mulla Abdul Hussains work too gave a fairly accurate though not totally accepted introduction into the history of the Bohras. Thus most of the material is based on personal narration and not written or published literature. This is one of the shortcomings of this paper the fact that much of the date cannot be reviewed. Only parties inside the Bohra community can verify some of the information for lack of published sources.Sri Lankan Daudi Bohra English influences Daudi Bohra English has been influenced by many different varieties. Initially the influence was British English and subsequently the influence has been by Indian English, Pakistani English and of course Sri Lankan English, Sinhala and Tamil. Further Arabic as spoken in countries like the UAE and Yemen have influenced the variety of English spoken by the community as well. Today though, with large-scale migration into different regions of the world like the United States of America, Canada, Australia and African countries like Kenya and Tanzania the national and regional languages of these areas too have influenced Daudi Bohra English. This factor is important because it has also affected the Daudi Bohra English spoken in Sri Lanka as well, because of cross boarder travel and marriage. One key feature in the community is that marriages are made with Bohras living all over the globe. It is not considered unusual to bring a wife for a son from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, or indeed from any part of the world where there are Bohras. Si...
