Abstract
The effect of linguistic is the integral part of the Social and political consideration in the multi-linguistic countries all over the World. South Asian countries are facing multi-linguistic problem and as a result separation movements exist in the region since decades. However, each state/country is confronting this issue according to its environment and local circumstances. This paper will focus the impacts of ethnicity on education and poverty in Sri Lanka. The existence of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh is one of the major reasons of linguistic issue. In case of Sri Lanka, the Tamil movement though could not succeed due to various reasons but originally initiated due to linguistic deprivation of Tamil community. The main reasons are not only language but the deprivation in education, employment and social status like poverty of particular community. If their problems are addressed properly then the linguistic issue cannot be highlighted. It is worth mentioning that all the linguistic based separation movement succeeded if supported by the International community otherwise failed. The good examples are Tamil and Khalistan separation movements. In addition to above, the Sri Lankan government took advantage of 9/11 incident and crushed the movement with force and international community remained silent. As a result this linguistic based separation movement could not succeeded in Sri Lanka despite the fact that these kind of movements succeeded in South Asia.
Khawaja Muhammad Khan , Dr. Shehnaz Akhtar , Syeda Sania Zaidi . (2017) Linguistic based Movements for separation in South Asian States: A Case Study of Sri Lanka, Journal of Research (Urdu), Volume 31, issue 1.
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