Sri Lankan Tamil is the major language spoken in the province by the vast majority of the population. The other language spoken is Sinhala by 1 percent of the population. English is widely spoken and understood in the cities. Tamil and Sinhala is official language of the Sri Lanka. Tamil is official language and administrative language of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka.

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  • Sri Lankan Tamil is the major language spoken in the province by the vast majority of the population. The other language spoken is Sinhala by 1 percent of the population. English is widely spoken and understood in the cities. Tamil and Sinhala is official language of the Sri Lanka. Tamil is official language and administrative language of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka.
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  • தமிழ்
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  • Tamil
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  • , and .
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  • 20, 16, 15(native speakers)
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  • Grantha script
  • Vatteluttu
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  • 66 million native
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  • India, Sri Lanka and Singapore, where it has an official status; with significant minorities in Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, and Réunion, and emigrant communities around the world.
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  • Sri Lankan Tamil is the major language spoken in the province by the vast majority of the population. The other language spoken is Sinhala by 1 percent of the population. English is widely spoken and understood in the cities. Tamil and Sinhala is official language of the Sri Lanka. Tamil is official language and administrative language of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka.
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  • Language demographics of Northern Province, Sri Lanka
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  • Tamil
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