70% of Sri Lankan Tamils in Sri Lanka live in the Northern and Eastern provinces. Although Sri Lankan Tamils are culturally and linguistically distinct, genetic studies indicate that they are closely related to Sinhalese ethnic group in the island.
Definition: Under international financial reporting standards, a functional currency is the currency used in the primary economic environment where an entity operates. This is the environment in which an entity primarily generates and expends cash.
Determining the functional currency of a foreign entity requires a close look at the entity's cash flow. The FASB's Accounting Standards Codification states that an entity's primary economic environment is the one where the entity generates and spends cash.he first category includes those entities the operations of which are self-contained in a foreign economic environment and distinct from the parent entity. The functional currency for these foreign entities is the foreign currency.