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General: Sri Lanka,
officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of
Sri Lanka (in Sinhala, in Tamil; known as Ceylon
before 1952) is a predominantly Buddhist island
nation in South Asia, located about 31 kilometres
(18½ mi) off the southern coast of India.
It is often popularly referred to as the Pearl
of the Indian Ocean. It is home to more than 18
million people.
Currency: The rupee
is the official currency of Sri Lanka, divided
into 100 cents. The currency code is LKR. It is
issued by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and is
generally written ? (though SL? may occasionally
be used for disambiguation).
Language: Sinhala -
(also referred to as Sinhalese; earlier referred
to as Singhalese) is the mother tongue of the
Sinhalese, the largest ethnic group of Sri Lanka.
It belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indoeuropean
languages.
Tamil - is a classical language
and one of the major languages of the Dravidian
language family. Spoken predominantly by Tamils
in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Singapore,
it has smaller communities of speakers in many
other countries. As of 1996, it was the eighteenth
most spoken language, with over 74 million speakers
worldwide. It is one of the official languages
of India, Singapore and Sri Lanka.
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