Sinhala

Speech parts

1. Sinhala - Noun

2. Sinhala - Adjective

3. Sinhala - Proper noun

Meaning

the Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka

of or relating to the Sinhalese languages

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Sinhalese singhalese sanskrit bengali hindi aryan indo-european Punjabi Nepali Indic assamese Marathi Indo-Aryan Gujarati Oriya
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Hypernyms

sanskrit Sanskritic language

Phrases with the word

sinhala medium

Anagrams

Alishan Alshain

Examples

We have erected a terribly divided Nation at War with each other – the Tamils and Sinhala against each other, the Tamils and Muslims similarly and the State against the Tamils and now against everyone who opposes them even democratically, irrespective of their community. Chandrika Kumaratunga

the Sinhalese versions of the Ramayana Source: Internet

Ancient Sinhalese in Sri Lanka divided a solar day into 60 peya (now called Sinhala peya). Source: Internet

Differences to other scripts Sinhala alphabet differs from other Indo-Aryan alphabets in that it contains a pair of vowel sounds (U+0DD0 and U+0DD1 in the proposed Unicode Standard) that are unique to it. Source: Internet

HTM Another feature that distinguishes Sinhala from its sister Indo-Aryan languages is the presence of a set of five nasal sounds known as half-nasal or prenasalized stops. Source: Internet

Buddhist festivals are dotted by unique music using traditionally Sinhala instruments. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

singultus sinh Sinha Sinhala Hound sinhala medium Sinhalese