Overview
- .இலங்கை is an internationalized country-code top-level domain (IDN ccTLD) representing Sri Lanka in the Tamil script.
- The string இலங்கை means "Sri Lanka" in Tamil and is transliterated as "Ilangai".
- Registry: LK Domain Registry (https://www.domains.lk/).
- Technical identifiers:
- ASCII/Punycode: xn--xkc2al3hye2a
- Unicode code points: U+0B87 U+0BB2 U+0B99 U+0BCD U+0B95 U+0BC8
History
- Implemented (delegated to the DNS root) on August 19, 2010.
- Managed by the LK Domain Registry; delegation reported via IANA.
- Delegation history for Sri Lanka's IDN ccTLDs (.ලංකා and .இலங்கை) is documented together (see registry/IANA records).
Usage and Audience
- Intended for Tamil-language websites and organizations that want a Sri Lanka country-code domain expressed in Tamil script.
- Suitable for Tamil-speaking communities, local businesses, cultural or governmental sites targeting Tamil users in Sri Lanka.
Registration Rules
- General registration rules for .இலங்கை follow the LK domain policies; the registry operates registrations via the LK Domain Registry (https://www.domains.lk/).
- The source directs users to the .lk page for general rules and to the .ලංකා page for character rules applicable to these Sri Lanka IDN ccTLDs.
- The TLD is an IDN and uses Tamil-script characters as defined by the registry and related character rules.
Operator
LK Domain Registry
Whois
% IANA WHOIS server
% for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org
% This query returned 1 object
domain: இலங்கை
domain-ace: XN--XKC2AL3HYE2A
organisation: LK Domain Registry
address: Bernards Business Park
address: 106 Dutugemunu St.
address: Dehiwala 10350
address: Sri Lanka
contact: administrative
name: Prof. Gihan Dias
organisation: LK Domain Registry
address: Bernards Business Park
address: 106 Dutugemunu St.
address: Dehiwala 10350
address: Sri Lanka
phone: +94 11 4216065
e-mail: gihan@domains.lk
contact: technical
name: Hostmaster
organisation: LK Domain Registry
address: Bernards Business Park
address: 106 Dutugemunu St.
address: Dehiwala 10350
address: Sri Lanka
phone: +94 11 4216061
e-mail: hostmaster@domains.lk
nserver: H.NIC.LK 2404:8a00:0:a00:0:0:0:4005 43.252.12.206
nserver: M.NIC.LK 202.129.235.229 2407:c00:21:8:202:129:235:229
nserver: NS1.AC.LK 192.248.1.162 2401:dd00:1:0:0:0:0:162
nserver: P.NIC.LK 2001:500:14:6027:ad:0:0:1 204.61.216.27
nserver: T.NIC.LK 203.94.66.129 2402:d000:100c:0:0:0:0:129
nserver: Y.NIC.LK 194.0.1.27
ds-rdata: 50119 13 2 7265be9f2ad36094b61328002767713c929ee655a41e5aba912287ec0b8ef2e6
whois:
status: ACTIVE
remarks: Registration information: http://www.domains.lk
created: 2010-08-19
changed: 2025-08-01
source: IANA
Registrars
