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Describe the geographical ethonic composition of the Sri Lanka and Belgium |
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Answer» Sri Lanka has a diversepopulation. The major social groupsare the Sinhala-speakers (74 per cent)and the Tamil-speakers (18 per cent).Among Tamils there are two sub-groups. Tamil natives of the country are called \'Sri Lankan Tamils\'(13percent) . The rest whose forefathers came from India as plantation workers during colonial period, are called \'Indian Tamils\'. The ETHNICcomposition of this small country isvery complex. Of the country’s totalpopulation, 59 per cent lives in theFlemish region and speaks Dutchlanguage. Another 40 per cent peoplelive in the Wallonia region and speakFrench. Remaining one per cent of theBelgians speak German. In the capitalcity Brussels, 80 per cent people speakFrench while 20 per cent are Dutch speaking. |
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