Sri Lanka

The two official languages of Sri Lanka are Sinhalese and Tamil, though small segments of the population speak English, a type of Malay Creole found only on Sri Lanka, Portuguese Creole, and Dutch.
There are many languages. Sinhala is the main language.
tamil/sinhala/english
There are many languages. Sinhala and tamil are major languages.
Some Srilankan's speak Tamil and some speak sinhala.

There are many languages in sri lanka but Sinhala is the main language.

There are two main languages, Sinhala and Tamil.

Languages used in Sri Lanka are mostly Sinhala, Tamil and of course English

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Sinhalese. But most ppl speak English here.
Major nation in srilanka is sinhala. There are many languages. Sinhala is the major language.
The national language of Sri Lanka is singhala it it spelt like a bunch of squiggly line but it is very interesting to learn singhala is only spoke in Sri Lanka but other people who live in Sri Lanka may speak English or French and most of the time the people speak Tamil. The history of Sri Lanka is also very good to know I am only 9 and I am learning about the history of Sri Lanka. But if you think about it I live in Sri Lanka so there you go you now know the national language on Sri Lanka and it is a very good tropical island Aswell so if you come here on holiday check out the beaches the culture and most of all the people get to know them because they are really nice the first 6 weeks I was here I felt like I was living the dream but then after you spend quite a bit of time here it gets even better.

Hope you learnt something
National Languages are Sinhalese and Tamil, both of which are spoken widely throughout the country.


English is also spoken among the people.
there are three widely used languages.

Sinhala

English

Tamil

government support all three
The main language used in Sri Lanka is the Sinhalese language (Sinhala). Secondary languages used being English and Tamil.

Sinhala

Tamil

English
Sinhala is the most spoken Language in Sri Lanka.
Main language is Sinhala.Tamil and English are spoken as minor languages.
Tamil and Singalease
Sinhalese and Tamil.
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Sri Lanka has a language that no one else in the world uses as a primary language. The language is Sinhala, an ancient buddhist language used even years before sanskrit.

Now 89% of the island uses that language, in fact 1 of every 100,000 people speak sinhala on the island. But that leaves 11% of the island to speak something else. 6% speak Tamil, and only 4% speak it well. 5% speak english and only English. So that leaves you with three languages that are spoken on the island nation of Sri Lanka, and out of the 89% that speak sinhala 53% can speak little English with it.
Sanskrit and Lancastrian
Sinhala, Tamil and English.

Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) is an island nation south of India in the Indian Ocean. Its diverse landscapes range from rainforest and arid plains to highlands and sandy beaches. It's famed for its ancient Buddhist ruins, including the 5th-century citadel Sigiriya, with its palace and frescoes. The city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka's ancient capital, has many ruins dating back more than 2,000 years. 74.9% Sinhalese; 11.2% Sri Lankan Tamils; 9.2% Sri Lankan Moors; 4.2% Indian Tamils; 0.5% other

It lies off the south eastern coast of India.

6 deg 55min N, 79deg 52min

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the full name of Sri Lanka. An island republic in the Indian Ocean, lying off the southeastern tip of the Indian subcontinent. The Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar separate Sri Lanka from India. The Arabian sea lies to the west, the Bay of Bengal to the northeast, and the Indian Ocean to the south.

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the full name of Sri Lanka. An island republic in the Indian Ocean, lying off the southeastern tip of the Indian subcontinent. The Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar separate Sri Lanka from India. The Arabian sea lies to the west, the Bay of Bengal to the northeast, and the Indian Ocean to the south.

• The Golden Lion in the flag represents the Sinhalese race.
• The sword of the lion represents the Royalty and the sovereignty of the country.
• The noble eight fold path of Buddhism is signified by the lion's tail.
• Curly hair on the lion's head indicates religious observance, wisdom and meditation.
• The beard denotes purity of words.
• The handle of the sword highlights the elements of water, fire, air and earth.
• The nose indicates intelligence.
• The two front paws purport to purity in handling wealth.
• The vertical stripe of orange represent the minority Tamil race and the green verticle stripe the minority Muslim race.
• The four virtues of kindness: KINDNESS, FRIENDLINESS, HAPPINESS, EQUANIMITY are also represented in the flag.
• The border round the flag, which is yellow in color, represents other minor races.
• The bo-leaves at the four corners of the flag represent Buddhism and it's influence on the nation. They also stand for the four virtues - Kindness, Friendliness, Happiness and Equanimity.
• The maroon colored portion of the flag manifests the other minor religions

The National Flag of Sri Lanka has been designed with great care and purpose. It not only represents the country and her heritage, but is a rallying device that integrates the minority races with the majority race.

The present day National Flag is an improvisation of the civil standard of the last king of Sri Lanka, Sri Wickrama Rajasingha. The civil standard had a passant royal lion with a sword in it's right fore paw at the center, and a bo-leaf on each of the four corners on a plain border.

The lion flag lost it's significance after the British conquered Sri Lanka in 1815. It was the Union Jack which was hoisted in its place.

When Sri Lanka gained her independence from Great Britain on February 04, 1948, it was the lion flag (the same as the standard of the last king of Sri Lanka) which was hoisted once again.

The first Prime Minister of independent Sri Lanka, D.S.Senanayake, appointed a committee to advice the government on the design of a new national flag. The design approved by the committee in February 1950 retained the symbol of the lion with the sword and the bo-leaves from the civil standard of the last king of Sri Lanka, with the inclusion of two vertical stripes green and orange in color. the significance of each symbol of the national flag is as follows: