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Describe the ethnic composition of srilanka |
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Answer» Ethnic composition of Sri Lanka -1)74%-Sinhala speakers .Most of them are Buddhists 2) 18%-Tamil speakers in which 13% are Sri Lankan tamils and rest are indian tamils. Tamils are either Muslims or Hindus. 3) Thera are about 7% Christians who are both Tamil and Sinhala i. There are 74 per cent Sinhalese who speak Sinhala, the official language of Sri Lanka.ii. There are 18 percent Tamils having 2 sub-groupsIndian tamils{5 per cent}Sri lankan tamils{13per cent}iii. There are christians having 7 per cent in the population . They can speak both Sinhala and Tamil. |
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