[DOC] [TLE] Languages of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia [PAR] Several languages are spoken in Sri Lanka within the Indo-Aryan, Dravidian and 
Austronesian families. Sri Lanka accords official status to Sinhalese and Tamil. ... 
There are more than 50,000 speakers of the Sri Lankan Creole Malay language, 
which ... A handful of the 3,400 people of Portuguese descent speak Sri Lankan... [DOC] [TLE] Sinhalese language - Wikipedia [PAR] Sinhalese known natively as Sinhala is the native language of the Sinhalese 
people, who make up the largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka, numbering about 16 
million. Sinhalese is also spoken as a second language by other ethnic groups in 
Sri ... Sinhalese has its own writing system, the Sinhalese alphabet, which is one 
of... [DOC] [TLE] Sri Lanka: Useful phrases in Sinhala and Tamil - Insight Guides [PAR] Impress the locals in Sri Lanka and learn how to say a few words of Sinhala ... to 
hearing foreigners attempting to speak their native languages and so usually... [DOC] [TLE] (Post)Colonial language: English, Sinhala, and Tamil in Sri Lanka [PAR] [3] Although both these languages currently hold official status in the country, ... 
For all its users and uses, then, English in Sri Lanka is incredibly politically 
charged. ... Since speaking it allowed them to move away from hereditary caste-
based... [DOC] [TLE] Sinhala Only: Our Nation's Curse? | Colombo Telegraph [PAR] Feb 16, 2015 ... I think most Sri Lankans, first, would use their ethnicity or religion to ... to speak it 
well or very well; however, no official national language... [DOC] [TLE] 1 The Sri Lankan Language Community and Social Effects of ... [PAR] Like any other country in the region, Sri Lanka has its own ... such as the official 
language issue, which has been a controversial subject since the 1950 .... 
Although Sri Lankan Sinhalese and Tamils, the two communities speak two 
different. [DOC] [TLE] 4 - UNDP in Sri Lanka [PAR] Source: Secretary, Ministry of National Languages and Social integration, .... The 
Official Language ... Tamil respondents assessed their Sinhala speaking ..... SRI 
LANKA NATIONAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 20'1 4 - YOUTH AND... [DOC] [TLE] Language Log  The linguistic roots of the Sri Lankan civil war [PAR] May 20, 2009 ... Sinhalese and Tamil are the two official languages of Sri Lanka. ... of the Malay 
community speak a form of creole Malay that is unique to the island. ... Tamils 
who campaigned for their respective languages to replace English. [DOC] [TLE] Sri Lanka facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] Get information, facts, and pictures about Sri Lanka at Encyclopedia.com. ... 
Historically, Colombo has been known for over two thousand years, in its ..... 
There are approximately 130,000 inhabitants here, most of whom are Tamil-
speaking people. ... of the population is Sinhalese and speaks Sinhala, the 
national language;... [DOC] [TLE] 1_1_3_1_7 - Scribd [PAR] 18% Tamil-speaking people, 13% are natives of Sri Lanka, known as Sri Lankan 
Tamils. ... (i) It made Sinhalese the official language of the ... their domination on 
the minority French-speaking people (b) In Sri Lanka. ... 3. 4 (d) 1. Most of the 
Sinhala-speaking people are (a) Buddhists (b) Hindus (c) ... 3 (c) 1. 4  a (d) 1  c
. [DOC] [TLE] Sri Lankan Minority Rights and Dignity - Attitudes of Tamil and ... [PAR] Aug 25, 2014 ... While there has been a military victory of the Sri Lankan government over the ... 
The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) said that Tamil speaking people in Sri Lanka are 
.... IV 18, it is stated that the Sinhala language is the official language. ...... Tamil 2 
3 4 2 Colombo Sinhala 1 8 1 - Trinco Tamil 1 4 2 - Sinhala 1 7 - -. [DOC] [TLE] Substitute one in spoken Sri Lankan English - University of Leeds [PAR] The way in which habitual speakers of Sri Lankan English use substitute one is 
compared to the .... English in Sri Lanka exists alongside Sinhala and Tamil. ... As

Question: About 3/4 of Sri Lankans speak Sinhala & about 1/4 speak this as their native language
Answer: Tamil