NationMaster - Sri Lankan Language statistics

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 Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8%; note: English is commonly used in government and is spoken competently by about 10% of the population
Languages > A note English is commonly used in government and is spoken competently by about 10% of the population
Languages > 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; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; 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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