Languages

Sinhala

Indo-Aryan Languages

Citation Formats

General Reference

Language Atlas. "Sinhala." Accessed September 1, 2026. https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/sinhala.

APA Style

Language Atlas. (n.d.). Sinhala. Retrieved September 1, 2026, from https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/sinhala

BibTeX

@misc{languageatlas-sinhala,
  author = {Language Atlas},
  title = {Sinhala},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/sinhala},
  note = {Accessed September 1, 2026}
}

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.

Facts

ISO 639-3 Code

sin 1

Speaker Count

18,000,000 1

2021 estimate, first-language (L1) speakers.

Sources

1. 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.

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1. Wikipedia: Sinhala Language

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