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The Ministry of National Co-existence Dialogue and Official Languages (formerly the Ministry of National Languages and Social Integration) (Sinhala: ජාතික සහජීවනය, සංවාද හා රාජ්ය භාෂා අමාත්යාංශය Jāthika Sahajeewanaya, Sangwāda hā Rājya Bhāsha Amathyanshaya; Tamil: தேசிய சகவாழ்வு ...
The Ohio State Board of Education is the governing body of the department and is responsible for overseeing the department. [2] [3] The board employs the Superintendent of Public Instruction, who runs the department. The department is headquartered in Columbus. The department is responsible for implementing standardized tests required by state ...
The Tamil language is spoken by native Sri Lankan Tamils and is also spoken by Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka and by most Sri Lankan Moors. Tamil speakers number around 4.8 million (29% of the population), making it the second largest language in Sri Lanka. There are more than 40,000 speakers of the Sri Lankan Malay language.
A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this ...
The language has two main varieties, written and spoken, and is a notable example of the linguistic phenomenon known as diglossia. [7] Sinhala is one of the official and national languages of Sri Lanka. Along with Pali, it played a major role in the development of Theravada Buddhist literature. [1]
Official Language Act or Official Languages Ordinance may refer to: one of several acts passed in Sri Lanka, including the Official Language Act No. 33 of 1956 (Ceylon) , commonly known as the Sinhala Only Act, which replaced English with Sinhala as the official language of the country,
The national languages of Sri Lanka are Sinhalese and Tamil. [10] As per Chapter IV (Language), Article 19 of Constitution of Sri Lanka Sinhalese and Tamil have been recognised as national languages. [11] National flower: Blue water lily flower (Nymphahea Stellata ) The blue water lily was declared the national flower of Sri Lanka on 26 ...
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