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Asia > Sri Lanka > Language

English speakers 97,000 [12th of 52]
English status Bible 1535-1989.
English-speaking population > As an additional language 1,900,000 [31st of 59]
English-speaking population > First language 10,000 [27th of 62]
English-speaking population > Total 1,900,000 [37th of 99]
Languages > A note
English is commonly used in government and is spoken competently by about 10% of the population
Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate 90.4 [81st of 174]

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SOURCES: Ethnologue; Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population ; Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia: Languages of the African Union

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, ceylon

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zubeda kasim ali
11th October 2005
I would like to know about the details of English Language Policies in Sri Lanka and Bangla Deah
zubeda kasim ali
11th October 2005
I would like to know about the details of English Language Policies in Sri Lanka
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