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- Sinhala_Only_Act abstract "The Sinhala Only Act, formally the Official Language Act No. 33 of 1956, was an act passed in the Parliament of Ceylon in 1956. The act replaced English as the official language of Ceylon with Sinhalese. The act failed to give official recognition to Tamil, which had not received official recognition before. Sinhalese is the language of Sri Lanka's majority Sinhalese people, who accounted for around 70% of the country's population at that time. Tamil is the first language of Ceylon's three largest minority ethnic groups, the Indian Tamils, Sri Lankan Tamils and Moors, who together accounted for around 29% of the country's population.The act was controversial as supporters of the act saw it as an attempt by a community that had just gained independence to distance themselves from their colonial masters, while its opponents viewed it as an attempt by the linguistic majority to oppress and assert dominance on minorities. The Act symbolizes the post independent majority Sinhalese to assert its Sri Lanka's identity as a nation state, and for Tamils, it became a symbol of minority oppression and a justification for them to demand a separate nation-state, Tamil Eelam, which was a factor in the emergence of the decades-long Sri Lankan Civil War.".
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- Sinhala_Only_Act wikiPageWikiLinkText "Official Language Act".
- Sinhala_Only_Act wikiPageWikiLinkText "Sinhala Only Act".
- Sinhala_Only_Act wikiPageWikiLinkText "Sinhala Only".
- Sinhala_Only_Act wikiPageWikiLinkText "Sinhala language-favouring policies".
- Sinhala_Only_Act wikiPageWikiLinkText "Sinhala only".
- Sinhala_Only_Act wikiPageWikiLinkText "The Sinhala Only Act".
- Sinhala_Only_Act wikiPageWikiLinkText "These measures".
- Sinhala_Only_Act wikiPageWikiLinkText "language policy".
- Sinhala_Only_Act wikiPageWikiLinkText "language regulations of 1956".
- Sinhala_Only_Act wikiPageWikiLinkText "parliamentary act that made Sinhala the sole official language".
- Sinhala_Only_Act wikiPageWikiLinkText "replaced".
- Sinhala_Only_Act wikiPageWikiLinkText "sole official language of Ceylon".
- Sinhala_Only_Act wikiPageWikiLinkText "sole official language".
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- Sinhala_Only_Act subject Category:1956_in_Ceylon.
- Sinhala_Only_Act subject Category:1956_in_law.
- Sinhala_Only_Act subject Category:History_of_Sri_Lanka.
- Sinhala_Only_Act subject Category:Language_legislation.
- Sinhala_Only_Act subject Category:Origins_of_the_Sri_Lankan_Civil_War.
- Sinhala_Only_Act subject Category:Politics_of_Sri_Lanka.
- Sinhala_Only_Act subject Category:Sinhala_language.
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- Sinhala_Only_Act type Language.
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- Sinhala_Only_Act comment "The Sinhala Only Act, formally the Official Language Act No. 33 of 1956, was an act passed in the Parliament of Ceylon in 1956. The act replaced English as the official language of Ceylon with Sinhalese. The act failed to give official recognition to Tamil, which had not received official recognition before. Sinhalese is the language of Sri Lanka's majority Sinhalese people, who accounted for around 70% of the country's population at that time.".
- Sinhala_Only_Act label "Sinhala Only Act".
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- Sinhala_Only_Act sameAs නිල_භාෂා_පනත,_ලංකාව.
- Sinhala_Only_Act sameAs சிங்களம்_மட்டும்_சட்டம்.
- Sinhala_Only_Act sameAs Q3534911.
- Sinhala_Only_Act wasDerivedFrom Sinhala_Only_Act?oldid=708267890.
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