Sri Lanka is known as the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. It lies like a tiny tear drop in the Indian Ocean just in the tip of Indian’s south Coast. With 65,000 square kilometers of land. Sri Lanka has a population of 19. 8 million, with a tropical climate, lush green forests and rich history.

Known for its white-sanded beaches and turquoise sea, its abundance of rare wild-life and rich foliage, its precious gem mines, its rolling hills carpeted with the best tea in the world, and its rich history and cultural heritage, Sri Lanka is a breath-taking get-away.

Ethnic Sinhalese people make up around 74% of the population; therefore Sinhalese language is the most common language in the island country of Sri Lanka.

Sinhala is spoken by about 16 million people in Sri Lanka, about 13 million of who are native speakers. It is one of the constitutionally-recognized official languages of Sri Lanka, along with Tamil. Tamil is a classical language and the oldest of the Dravidian language family and spoken by the Tamil population of Sri Lanka. It is also spoken by Tamils in India, Malaysia and Singapore.