Languages of Sri Lanka

Languages: 6

Language Families: 4

Location

Languages by Family

Austronesian

(1 language)

▼ Austronesian
- ▼ Malayo-Polynesian
  - ▼ Malayo-Chamic
    - ▼ Malayic
      - ▼ Nuclear Malayic
        
        ▼ Vehicular Malay
        
        Sri Lanka Malay

Dravidian

(1 language)

▼ Dravidian
- ▼ South Dravidian
  - ▼ South Dravidian I
    - ▼ Tamil-Kannada
      - ▼ Tamil-Kota
        
        ▼ Tamil-Toda
        
        ▼ Tamil-Irula
        
        ▼ Tamil-Kodagu
        
        ▼ Tamil-Malayalam
        
        ▼ Tamiloid
        
        ▼ Tamil-Paliyan
        
        Tamil

Indo-European

(3 languages)

▼ Indo-European
- ▼ Classical Indo-European
  - ▼ Indo-Iranian
    - ▼ Indo-Aryan
      - ▼ Middle-Modern Indo-Aryan
        
        ▼ Dhivehi-Sinhala
        
        ▼ Sinhalaic
        
        Sinhala
        
        † Veddah
  - ▼ Italic
    - ▼ Latino-Faliscan
      - ▼ Latinic
        
        ▼ Imperial Latin
        
        ▼ Romance
        
        ▼ Italo-Western Romance
        
        ▼ Western Romance
        
        ▼ Shifted Western Romance
        
        ▼ Southwestern Shifted Romance
        
        ▼ West Ibero-Romance
        
        ▼ Galician Romance
        
        ▼ Macro-Portuguese
        
        ▼ Indo-Portuguesic
        
        Malabar-Sri Lanka Portuguese

Sign Language

(1 language)

▼ Sign Language
- ▼ L1 Sign Language
  - ▼ BSLic
    - Sri Lankan Sign Language