Question

Which community dominant Sri Lanka?

Answer 1

Answer: Sinhala is the majority community in SriLanka.

Answer 2

The community which dominates in Sri Lanka 8s Sinhalese Buddhists.

Explanation:

• In Sri Lanka, various forms of social and religious divisions is present in the society, and people are classified under different castes, or majorly on the basis of their religion and the language they speak.
• Although it should be noted that the Government of Sri Lanka does not encourages such divisions in the country to exist, but they still exist in social matters.
• On the basis of percentage of people speaking one language, the largest single community in Sri Lanka is the Sinhalese group. About 74% of the total population of Sri Lanka identifies themselves as Sinhalese.
• It should also be noted that around 93% of all Sinhala speakers are Buddhists.
• They are believed to have settled in Sri Lanka from the North India many many centuries ago.
• The second most dominant community can be the Tamil speakers which constitute about 18% of the total population of Sri Lanka as in 1981.