Sinhala language - Wikipedia The Sinhala script is written from left to right, and is mainly used for Sinhala It is also used for the liturgical languages Pali and Sanskrit , which are important in Buddhism and academic works
Sinhala alphabet, pronunciation and language - Omniglot Sinhala is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 16 million Sinhalese people in Sri Lanka It also used as a second language by another 3 million people belonging to other ethnic groups in Sri Lanka, where it is one of the official and national languages, along with Tamil
Sinhala language - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sinhala or Sinhalese, [2] earlier referred to as Singhalese, is the language of the Sinhalese They are largest ethnic group of Sri Lanka It belongs to the Indo-Aryan language family Sinhala has two varieties forms - Spoken and Written, the former being the most popular form
Sinhalese language | Sri Lanka, Indo-Aryan, Pali | Britannica Sinhalese language, Indo-Aryan language, one of the two official languages of Sri Lanka It was taken there by colonists from northern India about the 5th century bc Because of its isolation from the other Indo-Aryan tongues of mainland India, Sinhalese developed along independent lines
Learn Sinhala Online (සිංහල) - World Language Library Sinhala is not only the mother tongue of the majority of Sri Lankans but also plays a crucial role in the country's cultural and religious life It is the language of Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka, with much of the religious and historical literature written in Sinhala
Sinhalese ~ සිංහල - Wikibooks, open books for an open world Sinhala is also spoken as a second language by about three million people from other ethnic groups in Sri Lanka It has evolved over the course of more than 2,300 years Sanskrit and Pali are ancestor languages of Sinhala
Sinhala - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Borrowed from Sinhalese සිංහල (siṁhala), itself borrowed from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala, literally “ lionlike ”), from सिंह (siṃhá, “ lion ”) + -ल (-la), recorded as the name of the island of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from about the 10th to 12th century, but presumably older, as it is also the source of the name Ceylon in western geographic tradition