Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te Pakanga a-iwi o Sri Lanka (;, Ilaṅkai uḷnāṭṭup pōr) he pakanga a-iwi i Sri Lanka mai i te 1983 ki te 2009. I te tīmatanga o te 23 o Hōngongoi 1983, i puta he whakaeke i te kawanatanga na te Velupillai Prabhakaran-led Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, e mohiotia ana ko nga Tigers Tamil). I whawhai te LTTE ki te waihanga i tētahi kāwanatanga motuhake o Tamil e kiia nei ko Tamil Eelam i te raki-rawhiti o te motu, nā te whakahāweatanga tonu me te whakahāweatanga o te motu.
Ko te whakatoi kino ki nga Tamils o Sri Lanka e te Kawanatanga o Sri Lanka e whakahaua ana e nga Sinhalese.