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Sinhala  

Definition

  • Sinhala is the native language of the Sinhalese people, who make up the largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka. It belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.Sinhala has its own writing system, the Sinhala alphabet, which is a member of the Brahmic family of scripts, and a descendant of the ancient Indian Brahmi script.

Identifier

  • SIN

Notation

  • CINGALAIS
  • si
  • SI
  • sin

In other languages

  • сингхалски

    Bulgarian

  • singaleški

    Croatian

  • sinhálština

    Czech

  • singalesisk

    Danish

  • Singalees

    Dutch

  • singali keel

    Estonian

  • sinhala

    Finnish

  • cingalais

    French

  • Singhalesisch

    German

  • σιναλεζικά

    Greek

  • szingaléz

    Hungarian

  • sinhala

    Icelandic

  • Siolóinis

    Irish

  • singalese

    Italian

  • singāļu valoda

    Latvian

  • sinhalų kalba

    Lithuanian

  • сингальски

    Macedonian

  • Sinhala

    Maltese

  • singalesisk

    Norwegian

  • syngaleski

    Polish

  • cingalês

    Portuguese

  • sinhală

    Romanian

  • сингальский

    Russian

  • синхалешки

    Serbian

  • singaleški

    Serbo-Croatian

  • සිංහල

    Sinhala

  • siṁhala
  • sinhalčina

    Slovak

  • sinhalščina

    Slovenian

  • cingalés

    Spanish

  • singalesiska

    Swedish

  • singalaca

    Turkish

  • сингальська мова

    Ukrainian

  • sinhalščina

    Upper Sorbian

URI

http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SIN

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