A Sri Lankan is a person from Sri Lanka, a country in the South Asia region where Sinhala and Tamil are spoken.
Who is a Sri Lankan?
A Sri Lankan is a person from Sri Lanka in the South Asia region.
Sri Lanka’s capital is Colombo. Population is approximately 21,893,579.
Language
Sri Lankans typically speak Sinhala, Tamil, depending on region.
Where to learn more
- See the full Sri Lanka profile for capital, population, area, and cities we cover.
- Browse the broader South Asia region.
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Sri Lankan starts with S and ends with N. Browse other nationalities along the same letter.
Nationalities that contain a letter from "Sri Lankan":