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Sandagomi Coperahewa (1969-) is a Professor in Sinhala (University of Colombo), linguist, academic and author. He was born in Colombo and had his school education at S. Thomas'College, Mount Lavinia. He studied Sinhala language and literature at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and obtained a MA in Language Studies from Lancaster University, UK. He obatined his MPhil from University of Peradeniya, and PhD in South Asian Studies from University of Cambridge, UK. A sociolinguist by training, Professor Coperahewa's main research areas are language policy palnning in Sri Lanka, sociology of language in South Asia and Modern Sinhala.