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Sinhala

Indo-Aryan Languages

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
sin 1
Speaker Count
18,000,000 1
2021 estimate, first-language (L1) speakers.
Region
Sri Lanka 1
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Source Wikipedia: Sinhala Language
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1. Wikipedia: Sinhala Language
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  • Lead section
    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
    sin
  • Infobox, Speakers
    L1: 18 million (2021)
  • Infobox, Native to
    Sri Lanka
  • Written In: Sinhala Script
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