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LK

Languages Spoken in Sri Lanka

Official: Sinhala and Tamil

Sri Lanka has a population of 22.0 million and is home to a small number of language communities, with 3 languages meeting our inclusion threshold. Sinhala and Tamil serve as the official languages. Of the languages spoken in Sri Lanka, 3 are supported by LEXIGO's professional translation services.

22.0M
Population
3
Languages
3
LEXIGO

Languages spoken in Sri Lanka

Sinhala Official
Sinhala script
LEXIGO translation services →
68%
CLDR
Tamil Official
Arabic script, Koleluttu
LEXIGO translation services →
15%
CLDR
English
English Braille, English alphabet
LEXIGO translation services →
10%
CLDR
Data sources
Unicode CLDR (population percentages)
CIA World Factbook (official languages)
Wikidata (language families, scripts)
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