×

Language Stats: compare key data on Maldives & Sri Lanka

  1. Home
  2. Country Info
  3. Compare
  4. Maldives vs. Sri Lanka
  5. Language
Compare vs for  

Definitions

  • Languages: A rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language.
  • Linguistic diversity index: LDI.
SHOW ALL
LESS
SHARE TWEET EMBED
STAT Maldives Sri Lanka HISTORY
Languages Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8%; <i>note:</i> English is commonly used in government and is spoken competently by about 10% of the population
Linguistic diversity index 0.01
Ranked 192nd. 		0.313
Ranked 120th. 31 times more than Maldives

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; Wikipedia: Linguistic diversity index (Rankings by country) (UNESCO World Report – Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue)

SHOW ALL
LESS

Citation

Compare Maldives and Sri Lanka in
Agriculture Environment Media
Background Geography Military
Cost of living Government People
Crime Health Religion
Culture Import Sports
Disasters Industry Terrorism
Economy Labor Transport
Education Language Weather
Energy Lifestyle

Factoid #219

  • English is the official language in over 20 countries. However, it's spoken in 85.

Stats

Country profiles

Compare

Adblocker detected! Please consider reading this notice.

We've detected that you are using AdBlock Plus or some other adblocking software which is preventing the page from fully loading.

We don't have any banner, Flash, animation, obnoxious sound, or popup ad. We do not implement these annoying types of ads!

We need money to operate the site, and almost all of it comes from our online advertising.

Please add www.nationmaster.com to your ad blocking whitelist or disable your adblocking software.

×