THE IMPACT OF LANGUAGE CRISIS IN SRI LANKA.

Abstract

A crisis is an instance where something or someone is dealing with one or more extremely significant issues. Similarly, language contributes significantly to social crises. 'Language crisis' is the name given to it. Nevertheless, language is a crucial component of human communication and one of the main forms of oral, written, and physical (signed) expression. According to the Sri Lankan context, the main spoken and official languages are Sinhala and Tamil, with English being referred to as the "link language" in this multilingual nation. So, since Sri Lanka is a multiethnic nation, it is important to be bilingualism or trilingualism in Sri Lanka most of the time. But does the organization or the government adhere to it? Furthermore, spelling mistakes are common in Sri Lankan public places, such as on billboards, application forms, and even social media descriptive posts. Why did that happen? By using mixed methods such as qualitative and quantitative methods this study will be carried forward. By using random sampling interviews and social media analysis this study will basically focus on. To identify how effectively bilingualism or trilingualism is being used in our country's context as a multi-language country. Also, to analyze how carelessly the spelling mistakes have been continuing in public posters, etc. Nevertheless, to identify what causes these errors to continue in our community. According to the data, it shows that trilingualism hasn't been used properly, not in all places however in a few places it is there. Moreover, due to the carelessness, illiteracy of a second language spelling mistakes are still happening in many situations. Therefore, it is important to foster successful communication, language literacy, and cultural understanding in Sri Lanka to reduce the impact of the language crisis further.