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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Languages of Sri Lanka

Languages of Sri Lanka and Official bilingualism in Sri Lanka
Sinhalese and Tamil are the two official languages of Sri Lanka. English is spoken by approximately 10% of the population, and is widely used for education, scientific and commercial purposes. Members of the Burgher community speak variant forms of Portuguese Creole and Dutch with varying proficiency, while members of the Malay community speak a form of creole Malay that is unique to the island.

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