Rodiya is a dialect of Sinhalese. The colloquial Sinhalese differs greatly from literary Sinhalese. The Rodiya people speak in Rodiya dialect.
Tamil in Sri Lanka is used in the northeast and north coasts and in some of the southern regions. Tamil, Tamil-Malayalam, Tamil-Kodagu, Tamil-Kannada and Dravidian are some of the classifications of Tamil.
English is a widely used language in Sri Lanka. British colonization brought in English and since it is the modern language of communication in Sri Lanka.
Indo-Portuguese is a living language in Sri Lanka. People of Batticola, Galle, Trincomalee, Kandy and Colombo speak Indo-Portuguese. Indo-Portuguese is similar to Tamil language in syntax and phonology.
Sri Lankan Creole Malay is another living language in Sri Lanka. It is used by the people of Hambantota, Badulla, Kandy and Colombo. This language is not intelligible with standardized Malay because the syntactic and phonological difference is great. Tamil has greatly influenced Sri Lankan Creole Malay.
Veddah is one of the living languages of Sri Lanka. It is also known as Vaedda, Bedda, Beda, Weddo, Weda, Veda and Veddha. It is spoken by an ethnic group living in the eastern mountains in Sri Lanka.
Pali, once an extensively used language in Sri Lanka is extinct now.
Sri Lanka is the land of fables, myths and legends. You can touch the mythical delights in Sri Lanka. Explore Sri Lanka, the land of elephants, beaches, palm trees, classical dances and other wonders through its languages.
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