Sri Lanka

To which language should you translate to localize in Sri Lanka?

Official language

Sinhala (74%), Tamil (18%)

Actual languages

Sinhala (74%), Tamil (18%), other (8%).

What the top 150 best localized websites in the world do in Sri Lanka

(Top 150 websites listed in the Global by Design ranking – published annually by Byte Level Research, this report provides a list of globally localized websites, showcasing best practices and emerging trends in their globalization)

• 4/150 localize by translating into Sinhala
• 1/150 localizes by translating into both Sinhala and Tamil
• 1/150 localizes by translating into Tamil
• 1/150 localizes by translating into French
• 1/150 localizes by translating into Sinhala, Tamil and Sri Lankan Sign Language
• 1/150 localizes by translating into French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian, Bahasa Indonesia, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Turkish, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Thai and Ukrainian