Sinhala, sometimes called Sinhalese, is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka, who make up the largest ethnic group on the island, numbering about 16 million. It is written in the Sinhalese script.
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ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2021 estimate, first-language (L1) speakers. Connections
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Source Wikipedia: Sinhala Language
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Sinhala, sometimes called Sinhalese, is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka, who make up the largest ethnic group on the island, numbering about 16 million. It is also the first language of about 2 million other Sri Lankans, as of 2001. It is written in the Sinhalese script.
Infobox, ISO 639-3
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Infobox, Speakers
L1: 18 million (2021)
Infobox, Native to
Sri Lanka
- Written In: Sinhala Script
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