Sri Lankan plaque scripted in Chinese evokes fury, concern over omission of Tamil language ANI | Updated: May 25, 2021 18:09 IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 25 (ANI): Concerns over the elevation of Chinese languages over official languages of Sri Lanka have emerged after a plaque made to declare the opening of a Chinese-gifted Smart Library of Attorney General s (AG) Department was scripted in Sinhalese, English and China s Mandarin language, evoking widespread criticism over the omission of the Tamil language.
Daily Mirror reported that the incident came under much criticism on social media platforms, leading to the plaque being removed later. The AG s department did not comment regarding the issue.
Sri Lankan plaque scripted in Chinese evokes fury, concern
25 May 2021, 23:19 GMT+10
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 25 (ANI): Concerns over the elevation of Chinese languages over official languages of Sri Lanka have emerged after a plaque made to declare the opening of a Chinese-gifted Smart Library of Attorney General s (AG) Department was scripted in Sinhalese, English and China s Mandarin language, evoking widespread criticism over the omission of the Tamil language.
Daily Mirror reported that the incident came under much criticism on social media platforms, leading to the plaque being removed later. The AG s department did not comment regarding the issue.
In a tweet, Tamil Progressive Alliance Leader and Opposition parliamentarian Mano Ganesan stated that the Chinese are violating the language law and that the non-inclusion of Tamil was a violation of Sri Lanka s Official Language Act. It appears Chinese learn to ignore Tamil from our government since GoSL s usage of Official Lan