Question

What percentage of Srilankan Population is Tamil Speaking? ​

Answer 1

Answer:

11.2%

According to the 2012 census there were 2,270,924 Sri Lankan Tamils in Sri Lanka, 11.2% of the population. Sri Lankan Tamils constitute an overwhelming majority of the population in the Northern Province and are the largest ethnic group in the Eastern Province. They are minority in other provinces.

Answer 2

Answer:

With minor populations of Malays, Burghers, and others, Sri Lanka's population is primarily composed of Sinhalese speakers (75%) and Tamil speakers 24% ( 11% Sri Lankan Tamils, 9% Moors, and 4% Indian Tamils).

Explanation :

• Tamils from the South Asian island nation of Sri Lanka, also referred to as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, are Tamils.
• They now make up the majority in the Northern Province, a sizable portion of the population in the Eastern Province, and the minority in the rest of the nation.
• The Northern and Eastern areas of Sri Lanka are home to 70% of the country's Tamil population.
• The majority of Tamils in Sri Lanka are Hindus, although there is also a sizeable Christian group.
• Sri Lankan Tamil literature on subjects like science and theology flourished in the Jaffna Kingdom's court during the Middle Ages.
• It has been characterised by a focus on conflict-related topics ever since the Sri Lankan Civil War began in the 1980s.
• The Tamil spoken in Sri Lanka is known for being archaic and retaining vocabulary that are not often used in Tamil Nadu, India.
• Today, one-third of Tamils in Sri Lanka reside abroad.
• While there was substantial emigration from Singapore and Malaysia during the British colonial era, more than 800,000 Tamils fled Sri Lanka as a result of the civil war, and many of them have since travelled as refugees or emigrants to countries including Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and India.
• The pro-rebel TamilNet claims that as a result of the prejudice and persecution that Sri Lankan Tamils endured, some Tamils today do not identify as Sri Lankans but rather as Eelam Tamils, Ceylon Tamils, or just Tamils.
• The concept of Tamil Eelam, an independent state that Sri Lankan Tamils sought to establish in the country's northeast, is still widely supported.

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