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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 Tamil and Sinhala. Several languages are spoken in Sri Lanka within the Indo-Aryan, Austronesian, and Dravidian...
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    number more than 15.2 million. The Sinhalese people speak Sinhala, an insular Indo-Aryan language. Sinhalese people are predominantly Theravada Buddhists...
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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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    Sinhalese New Year, generally known as Aluth Avurudda (Sinhala: අලුත් අවුරුද්ද) in Sri Lanka, is a Sri Lankan holiday that celebrates the traditional...
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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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  • 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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  • Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා, romanized: Śrī Lankā; Tamil: சிறி லங்கா / இலங்கை, romanized: Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • Palitha Thewarapperuma (category CS1 Sinhala-language sources (si))
    Palitha Kumara Thewarapperuma (Sinhala: පාලිත තෙවරප්පෙරුම, Tamil: பாலித்த தெவரப்பெரும; 3 May 1960 – 16 April 2024) was a Sri Lankan politician who served...
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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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  • 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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  • dissenavā to come (Sinhala enavā) dumana house (Sinhala geya, gedara) galla mouth (Sinhala kaṭa) gävā man (Sinhala minihā) gävī woman (Sinhala gäänu) miganavā...
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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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    Vedda (category Articles containing Sinhala-language text)
    Lanka may become completely assimilated. Most speak Sinhala instead of their indigenous languages, which are nearing extinction. It has been hypothesized...
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    Minister of Education (Sri Lanka) (category Articles containing Sinhala-language text)
    Lanka. Parties   Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party   Sinhala Language Front   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna   Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Ministry...
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    Father's Day (category Articles containing Sinhala-language text)
    Confucian filial piety in the process of establishing itself. Father's Day (Sinhala: පියවරුන්ගේ දිනය, Piyawarunge dhinaya; Tamil: தந்தையர் தினம், Thanthaiyar...
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  • Lakh (category Articles containing Sinhala-language text)
    Odia: ଲକ୍ଷ lôkhyô In Punjabi: (Shahmukhi: لکھ, Gurmukhi: ਲੱਖ) lakkh In Sinhala: ලක්ෂ lakṣa In Tamil: இலட்சம் latcham In Telugu: లక్ష laksha In Urdu: لاکھ...
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    Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary (Sinhala: මධුර ඉංග්‍රීසි–සිංහල ශබ්දකෝෂය) is a free electronic dictionary service developed by Madura Kulatunga. It is...
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    S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (category Articles containing Sinhala-language text)
    communist states. He implemented a new language policy, the Sinhala Only Act, making Sinhala the sole official language of the country, creating much controversy...
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  • Manike Mage Hithe (category Articles containing Sinhala-language text)
    "Manike Mage Hithe" (Sinhala: මැණිකේ මගේ හිතේ, lit. 'Precious in my Mind') is a Sri Lankan Sinhala-language song by Yohani, Satheeshan Rathnayaka and Chamath...
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