https://www.pitara.com/tags/party-split/Recent content in Party Split on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/news-for-kids/world-news/language-split/Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:10:40 +0000https://www.pitara.com/news-for-kids/world-news/language-split/<figure class="w-64 sm:float-right sm:ml-4"> <a href="https://www.pitara.com/media/news-world-139_1.gif" aria-label="Link to larger image"> <img src="https://www.pitara.com/media/news-world-139_1_hu_d851816f07838254.gif" width="320" height="256" alt="Language Split [Illustration by Anup Singh]" loading="lazy"> </a> <figcaption> Language Split [Illustration by Anup Singh] </figcaption> </figure> <p>November 18: The English language is believed to have caused one of Sri Lanka&rsquo;s leading political parties to split. How? Well, the party&rsquo;s leader, being a member of the upper class, spoke in English during press conferences, a language his local language-speaking cadre or party members could not fathom. This double talk of the politician caused the party members to do a double take and they went ahead and split into two.</p>