Sinhala

E10172

Indo-Aryan language language

Sinhala is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka and used as one of the country’s official languages.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Sinhala canonical	159
Sinhala language	12
Middle Sinhala	1
Old Sinhala	1
Sinhalese	1
Sinhalese language	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-Aryan language ⓘ language ⓘ
coOfficialWith	Tamil ⓘ
developedFrom	Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ surface form: Middle Indo-Aryan languages
ethnicGroupAssociated	Sinhala self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sinhalese
hasApproximateSpeakers	16 million native speakers ⓘ over 17 million total speakers ⓘ
hasBasicWordOrder	SOV ⓘ
hasCaseSystem	nominal case marking ⓘ
hasHistoricalStage	Sinhala self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Middle Sinhala Sinhala self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old Sinhala
hasLoanwordsFrom	Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ Pali ⓘ Portuguese language ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Sanskrit ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType	fusional ⓘ
hasOfficialStatusIn	Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive aspiration in stops ⓘ prenasalized stops ⓘ
hasRegisterDistinction	formal vs colloquial registers ⓘ
hasScriptType	abugida ⓘ
hasStandardForm	Standard Sinhala ⓘ
hasTenseSystem	past–non-past distinction ⓘ
hasVariety	Colloquial Sinhala ⓘ Literary Sinhala ⓘ Spoken Sinhala ⓘ Written Sinhala ⓘ
hasWritingDirection	left-to-right ⓘ
ISO639-1Code	si ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	sin ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	sin ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ Indo-European languages ⓘ Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
majorityLanguageIn	Sri Lanka ⓘ
nativeName	සිංහල ⓘ
officialLanguageOf	Sri Lanka ⓘ
primaryLanguageOf	Sinhalese people ⓘ
spokenIn	Sri Lanka ⓘ
usedAs	language of instruction in Sri Lankan schools ⓘ
usedFor	administration in Sri Lanka ⓘ broadcasting in Sri Lanka ⓘ literature in Sri Lanka ⓘ
usedIn	Sri Lankan education system ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Sri Lankan government Sri Lankan media ⓘ
writingSystem	Sinhala script ⓘ

Referenced by (175)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) → usedLanguage → Sinhala ⓘ

Sanskrit → influenced → Sinhala ⓘ

Dominion of Ceylon → officialLanguage → Sinhala ⓘ

Indo-Aryan languages → includesLanguage → Sinhala ⓘ

Sinhala → ethnicGroupAssociated → Sinhala self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinhalese

Sinhala → hasHistoricalStage → Sinhala self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Sinhala

Sinhala → hasHistoricalStage → Sinhala self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Middle Sinhala

Trincomalee → languageUsed → Sinhala ⓘ

Portuguese Ceylon → localLanguages → Sinhala ⓘ

Google Translate → availableLanguage → Sinhala ⓘ

Galle → languageMajority → Sinhala ⓘ

Jaffna → officialLanguage → Sinhala ⓘ

British Ceylon → commonLanguage → Sinhala ⓘ

Batticaloa → majorLanguage → Sinhala ⓘ

Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) → language → Sinhala ⓘ

subject surface form: Kingdom of Kandy

Colombo → language → Sinhala ⓘ

Sri Lanka → officialLanguage → Sinhala ⓘ

Indo-Iranian languages → includesLanguage → Sinhala ⓘ

SEATO → hasLanguage → Sinhala ⓘ

Emblem of Ceylon → languageOfMotto → Sinhala ⓘ

S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike → languageSpoken → Sinhala ⓘ

Pali → lexicalInfluenceOn → Sinhala ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinhala language

Sri Lankan American → languageUsed → Sinhala ⓘ

Middle Indo-Aryan → developedInto → Sinhala ⓘ

Sinhalese people → language → Sinhala ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinhala language

Sinhalese people → nativeLanguage → Sinhala ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinhala language

Sinhala script → usedFor → Sinhala ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinhala language

Sinhala script → hasUnicodeBlock → Sinhala ⓘ

Kandyan Convention → language → Sinhala ⓘ

Nayakkar dynasty → languageOfCourt → Sinhala ⓘ

Udarata (Up-Country) → languageMajority → Sinhala ⓘ

subject surface form: Udarata

Southern Province, Sri Lanka → officialLanguage → Sinhala ⓘ

University of Ruhuna → languageOfInstruction → Sinhala ⓘ

University of Ruhuna → hasMottoLanguage → Sinhala ⓘ

Colombo–Matara railway line → languageOfSignage → Sinhala ⓘ

Eastern Province, Sri Lanka → officialLanguage → Sinhala ⓘ

Sri Lankan Moors → language → Sinhala ⓘ

Fort Frederick → hasLocalNameLanguage → Sinhala ⓘ

Nilaveli Beach → languageSpoken → Sinhala ⓘ

Negombo → language → Sinhala ⓘ

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte → officialLanguage → Sinhala ⓘ

State Council of Ceylon → languageOfWork → Sinhala ⓘ

Eastern University, Sri Lanka → languageOfInstruction → Sinhala ⓘ

Kandy → languageMajority → Sinhala ⓘ

Central Province of Sri Lanka → officialLanguage → Sinhala ⓘ

Uva Province of Sri Lanka → languageUsed → Sinhala ⓘ

subject surface form: Uva Province

Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka → language → Sinhala ⓘ

subject surface form: Sabaragamuwa Province

Old Indo-Aryan → hasDescendant → Sinhala ⓘ

Asian Portuguese → hasInfluenceFrom → Sinhala ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinhala language

Sinhalese → language → Sinhala ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinhala language