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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.
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 ...
Name Portrait Party Tenure President Ministerial Title Vasudeva Nanayakkara: Democratic Left Front: 22 November 2010 – 12 January 2015 Mahinda Rajapaksa: Minister of National Languages and Social Integration Mano Ganesan: Democratic People's Front: 4 September 2015 – present: Maithripala Sirisena
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]
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 ...
Sri Lanka Malay language; Sri Lankan Sign Language; Sri Lankan Tamil dialects; T. Tamil language; Telugu language; V. Vedda language This page was last edited on ...
Having taken root in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) in 1796, Sri Lankan English has gone through over two centuries of development.In terms of its socio-cultural setting, Sri Lankan English can be explored largely in terms of different stages of the country's class and racial tension, economy, social disparity, and postwar rehabilitation and reconciliation. [10]
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,