Country scorecard
Sri Lanka
Asia · 22M people
ALPS
1.67
languages per person
#66 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
5%
globally connected
Multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.7 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Sri Lanka is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇸🇬 Singapore25%
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica18%
- 🇧🇸 Bahamas18%
- 🇧🇧 Barbados18%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Sinhala99%
- Tamil50%
- English18%
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