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    Sinhala (/ˈsɪnhələ, ˈsɪŋələ/ SIN-hə-lə, SING-ə-lə; Sinhala: සිංහල, siṁhala, [ˈsiŋɦələ]), sometimes called Sinhalese (/ˌsɪn(h)əˈliːz, ˌsɪŋ(ɡ)əˈliːz/ SIN-(h)ə-LEEZ...
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  • Sri Lanka Sinhala language, the native language of the Sinhalese people Sinhala script, the writing system of the Sinhala language Sinhala (Unicode block)...
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  • The Official Language Act (No. 33 of 1956), commonly referred to as the Sinhala Only Act, was an act passed in the Parliament of Ceylon in 1956. The act...
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    Lankans in Sri Lanka and elsewhere to write the Sinhala language as well as the liturgical languages Pali and Sanskrit. The Sinhalese Akṣara Mālāva, one...
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  • developed language. This page also contains a list of old and popular Sinhala proverbs, which are known as prastā piruḷu (ප්‍රස්තා පිරුළු) in Sinhala. Most...
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    The main languages spoken in Sri Lanka are Sinhala and Tamil. Several languages are spoken in Sri Lanka within the Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, and Austronesian...
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    The Sinhalese people (Sinhala: සිංහල ජනතාව, romanized: Sinhala Janathāva), also known as the Sinhalese or Sinhala people are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic...
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  • Uva regions was affected by Sinhala, while the language of the coastal Veddas in the East was influenced by the Tamil language. However, there are still...
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    on Sri Lankan history Sri Lanka Sinhala Cinema Database - www.films.lk New Sinhala Films - www.sirisara.lk New Sinhala Movies National Film Corporation...
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    sēvaya ada siṭa kriyātmakayi ! [Google Sinhala translation service is active from today !]. TechGuru.lk (in Sinhala). Archived from the original on August...
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  • Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා, romanized: Śrī Lankā; Tamil: சிறி லங்கா / இலங்கை, romanized: Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of...
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  • An IETF BCP 47 language tag is a standardized code that is used to identify human languages on the Internet. The tag structure has been standardized by...
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  • of Indic text. Sinhala words of Tamil origin came about as part of the more than 2000 years of language interactions between Sinhala and Tamil in the...
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    language of Sri Lanka is likely an isolate that has mixed with Sinhala. the two Andamanese language families: Great Andamanese and Ongan; Sentinelese remains...
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  • Indic text. Sinhala slang is used by speakers of the Sinhala language in Sri Lanka, as well as many other Sinhala-speaking individuals. Sinhala dialects...
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  • Sinhala input methods are ways of writing the Sinhala language, spoken primarily in Sri Lanka, using a computer. Sinhala input methods can be broadly classified...
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  • Lankan literature was written in the Sinhala language, but there is a considerable number of works in other languages used in Sri Lanka over the millennia...
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  • Sinhala numerals, are the units of the numeral system, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Sinhala language in modern-day Sri Lanka. It...
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  • Senaka Batagoda (category CS1 Sinhala-language sources (si))
    Senaka Batagoda (Sinhala: සේනක බටගොඩ; 25 June 1958 – 11 September 2024) was a Sri Lankan singer and music composer. He has sung numerous songs in his...
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  • Sinhala Braille is one of the many Bharati braille alphabets. While it largely conforms to the letter values of other Bharati alphabets, it diverges in...
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  • Sri Lanka Matha (category Articles containing Sinhala-language text)
    The "Sri Lanka Matha" (English: "Mother Sri Lanka"; Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා මාතා, romanized: Śrī Lańkā Mātā; Tamil: ஸ்ரீ லங்கா தாயே, romanized: Srī Laṅkā...
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  • local language brought about by the interaction between the English and Sinhala languages. These are examples of Sinhala words of English origin Sinhala language...
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  • Biblical Hebrew, English, Malay, native languages of Indonesia, Mauritian Creole, Tagalog, Russian, and Sinhala and Dhivehi. Tamil loanwords in Ancient...
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    Kumaratunga Munidasa (category CS1 Sinhala-language sources (si))
    the Sinhala language. Considered one of Sri Lanka's most historically significant scholars, he is remembered for his profound knowledge of the Sinhala language...
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  • honorifics are used. They can only be used in the literary language and play an essential part in Sinhala literature. Usually, the word is replaced by its "tatsama"...
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  • Whispering Mountains (category Articles containing Sinhala-language text)
    Mountains also known as Rahas kiyana kandu (Sinhala: රහස් කියන කඳු) is a 2023 Sri Lankan Sinhala-language drama film co-written and directed by Jagath...
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  • Anusvara (category Articles containing Sinhala-language text)
    in Sinhala, which means "dot". The anusvara represents /ŋ/ at the end of a syllable. It is used in the name of the Sinhala language සිංහල [ˈsiŋɦələ]. It...
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  • Sri Lanka Labour Party (category Articles containing Sinhala-language text)
    The Sri Lanka Labour Party (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා කම්කරු පක්ෂය) is a political party which is led by A.S.P.Liyanage. The secretary is Miss P.D.K.K.P.Liyanage...
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    English; however with Sinhala becoming the official language along with Tamil, the medium of education was changed to Sinhala and Tamil. In 2002 English...
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    Mahinda (Buddhist monk) (category Articles containing Sinhala-language text)
    Mahinda (Sinhala: මිහිඳු මහරහතන් වහන්සේ) (285 BCE – 205 BCE) was an Indian Buddhist monk depicted in Buddhist sources as bringing Buddhism to Sri Lanka...
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