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- Sri Lanka accords official status to Sinhala and Tamil, with English as a recognised language.
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Learn about the official languages of Sri Lanka, the services and exams offered by the department, and download past papers and resources.
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The Official Language of Sri Lanka shall be Sinhala. According to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of 1978, Tamil shall also be an Official Language and English shall be the Link Language.
Official Languages and National Language Education and Training Institute under the supervision of the Ministry in charge of the subject of Official Languages and the responsibility of the formulation of course syllabus is entrusted to the Department of Official Languages.
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Over view – Vision, Mission & Objectives | Official Language Commission |Sri Lanka The Official Languages Commission was established under Act No. 18 of 1991. The key task is to regulate and supervise provisions relating to the language rights contained in Chapter IV of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
National Institute of Language Education and Training was formally established by Act No.26 of 2007 with the objectives of the proper implementation of the Official Languages Policy by promoting inter-ethnic reconciliation for a better mechanism in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
The main languages spoken in Sri Lanka are Sinhala and Tamil. Several languages are spoken in Sri Lanka within the Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, and Austronesian families. Sri Lanka accords official status to Sinhala and Tamil, with English as a recognised language.
