Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (UK: /sri ˈlæŋkə, ʃriː -/, US: /- ˈlɑːŋkə/);[11][12] Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා 'Śrī Laṃkā'; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea. The island is historically and culturally intertwined with the Indian subcontinent, but is geographically separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. The legislative capital, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, is a suburb of the commercial capital and largest city, Colombo.
== Motto ==
Sri Lanka's Motto is Sri Lanka Matha, which means Mother Sri Lanka.
== History ==
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== Language ==
Sri Lanka has a Sinhalese mayority in the south and center, while Tamil is spoken in the north, Sri Lanka's official name in Tamil is இலங்கை ஜனநாயக சமூகவுடமைவாதக் குடியரசு and in Sinhales its ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය.
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