Kirinda

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Kirinda
Village
Kirinda
CountryFlag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka
Province Southern Province
Time zone UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time)

Kirinda is a town in Sri Lanka. It is located in the Southern Province.

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Kirinda was founded as a Malay settlement and as a result, Sri Lankan Malays form the majority of the town's population. [1] Sri Lankan Malay is also the main language spoken in the area and as a result is the medium of instruction in the town. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ https://apics-online.info/surveys/66 [ bare URL ]
  2. ↑ de Silva Jayasuriya, Shihan (2002). "Sri Lankan Malay: A Unique Creole" (PDF). NUSA: Linguistic Studies of Languages in and Around Indonesia. 50.

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