Standard English in Sri Lanka

Speakers

4,019,583

Type

Location

Standard English in Sri Lanka

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Standard English in Sri Lanka

Size

4,019,583

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
No

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

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Video

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Audio

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Documentation: descriptions

Standardization

Graphisation & script encoding

4. Users

Geographical distribution

Size / Number of users

Number of users

4019583
Source
census
Year
2012

Users within total population

23.00000
Less than 50% use the language

PROPORTION

23
Source
census, 2012

Users within the reference community

More than 50% use the language
Actual percentage
73
Source
census, 2012

Age distribution of users

3,410,089
85
percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)
Source

census, 2012

Age distribution of users

345,763
9
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)
Source

census, 2012

Age distribution of users

263,731
7
percentage of members of older generations (> 65)
Source

census, 2012

Generational use

Educational attainment

No education
Early childhood education
Primary education
Lower secondary education
Higher secondary education
Tertiary education

Occupational qualifications

Elementary occupations
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
Craft and related trades workers
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
Services and sales workers
Clerical support workers
Technicians and associate professionals
Professionals
Managers

Language competence

Language not used
Understand little, speak/sign none
Understand some, speak/sign little
Understand well, speak/sign some
Understand all, speak/sign well
Understand all, speak/sign fluently

Literacy of users

Less than 50% of users with literacy in the language

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains

Functional use in administration

Types of language use

Ethnoculture

Formal Education

Early childhood education
Primary level
Lower secondary level
Higher secondary level
Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

Legal system

Completion