Sinhala

Sinhala (සිංහල), also known as Sinhalese in English, is the native language of the Sinhalese people who constitute approximately 75% of the population of Sri Lanka and number greater than 15 million. Sinhala is also spoken as a second language by about three million people from other ethnic groups in Sri Lanka. It has evolved over the course of more than 2,300 years. Sanskrit and Pali are ancestor languages of Sinhala. It belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages, and has been influenced by Dravidian languages such as Tamil and less so from a few other Indo-European languages: English, Dutch, and Portuguese. Introduction The alphabet Pronouns Word classes Nouns Pillam (vowel-symbols) Verbs Greetings Adjectives Numbers Alphabet/Step by step/Vowels 1 Alphabet/Step by step/Vowels 2 Alphabet/Step by step/Consonants 1 Alphabet/Step by step/Consonants 2 Alphabet/Step by step/Consonants 3 Vocabulary 1 Vocabulary 2 Nouns/Singular and Plural Nouns/Gender of nouns Time, Days and Months Sinhalese language Introduction >>