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Language Stats: compare key data on Sri Lanka & Sweden

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STAT Sri Lanka Sweden HISTORY
Languages 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 Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Languages > A note <a href=/kp/English><a href=/encyclopedia/England>English</a></a> is commonly used in <a href=/cat/Government>government</a> and is spoken competently by about 10% of the <a href=/graph-T/peo_pop>population</a> small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Linguistic diversity index 0.313
Ranked 120th. 87% more than Sweden 		0.167
Ranked 145th.
Major language(s) Sinhala, Tamil, English Swedish

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia: Linguistic diversity index (Rankings by country) (UNESCO World Report – Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue); British Broadcasting Corporation 2014

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