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Preferred term

sinSinhala  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Sinhala (සිංහල, ISO 15919: , pronounced , sometimes referred by alternative spelling Singhalese), also known as Helabasa, is the mother tongue of the Sinhalese people, who make up the largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka, numbering about 15 million. Sinhala is also spoken by other ethnic groups in Sri Lanka, totalling about 3 million. It belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. Sinhala is the official and national language of Sri Lanka.

Entry terms

  • Sinhala language
  • Sinhalese

ISO 639-1 code

  • si

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • sin

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • sin

ISO 639-3 code

  • sin

Notation

  • sin

In other languages

  • Cingalais

    French

  • cinghalais
  • singhalais
  • Singhalesisch

    German

  • Singhalesische Sprache
  • singalese

    Italian

  • Lingua singalese
  • cingalês

    Portuguese

  • Língua cingalesa
  • cingalés

    Spanish

  • Idioma cingalés

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/sin

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