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by anushan83 on August 27th, 2006

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How many languages are spoken in Sri Lanka?

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  • by pinkpiggies on August 27th, 2006

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    I can not figure it out, each site states a different total number of languages spoken, so what I have done is list what I have found below with the corresponding web site below, I am sorry that I couldn’t have given you a better answer, but I do hope it is someway helpful to you, (O:


    Since Sri Lanka endows a diversity of ethnic groups, language spoken in the country is various. The two major ones widely used are, however, Sinhala language spoken by the Sinhalese majority and Tamil language used by the Tamils.

    http://www.sri-lanka-tour.com/travel-guide.htm

    Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8%
    http://www.geocities.com/kumaranath/SriLanka/language_of_sri_lanka.htm

    Sinhala and Tamil are the official languages of Sri Lanka. Sinhala, also known as Sinhalese, is an Indo-Aryan language that originated from a mixture of Sanskrit dialects. Tamil is a Dravidian language that originated in southern India. A modified version of Tamil is spoken in some Muslim communities. English, the official language from 1833 to 1958, continues to be widely used and serves as the “link” language between Sinhala and Tamil. In 1958 a law was passed to make Sinhala the only official language, thereby requiring its use in all government matters. Tamils strongly objected to the law on the grounds that it excluded them from fully participating in civil service. The 1978 constitution made Tamil a national language, while Sinhala remained the higher-status official language. A constitutional amendment in 1987 elevated the status of Tamil to an official language.
    http://encarta.msn.com/text_761568352___9/Sri_Lanka.html

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  • by Metta21 on September 9th, 2009

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    Three: Sinhala, Tamil, English

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  • by fazaaljiffrey on July 14th, 2011

    fazaaljiffrey

    As I knew in sri lanka there are so many languages spoken by diffrent communities.But most of the people in srilanka they knows there is only Sinhla,Tamil and English.

    some of the language spoken in srilanka :

    Sinhala,Tamil,Eanglish,Creole Malay,Vedda Language,
    Arwi(Arabic-Tamil)-spoken by muslims,Portuguese Creole,Memoni,Urdu,Sindhi etc .......

    so the above language are spoken in sri lanka by different communities......

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