alleryIn Sri Lanka, which community forms the linguistic majority?
ABurgher
BTamil
CSinhala
DMuslim
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Sinhala
1. Sri Lanka's largest community is the Sinhala-speakers (about 74 percent).
2. Tamils are the largest minority (about 18 percent).
3. Smaller communities include Muslims and Burghers.
4. So the linguistic majority is Sinhala.
_Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II Ch 1 'Power Sharing'_
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