Sinhala is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the majority of Sri Lanka’s population. It has its own unique script and a long literary tradition.
| 🌐 ISO Code: | si / sin |
| 🧬 Language Family: | Indo-Aryan |
| ✍️ Writing System: | Sinhala script |
| 🔤 Alphabet Size: | 60 |
| 📍 Spoken In: | Sri Lanka |
| 🗣️ Native Speakers: | 16 million |
| 🌎 Total Speakers: | 17 million |
| 📚 Wikipedia Articles: | 131000 |
| 🏛️ UN Official Language: | — |
| 📖 Literature Age: | 2 centuries |
| 👨🎓 Language Learners: | 1.5 million |
| 🗺️ Dominant Region: | South Asia |
| 🔠 Has Transliteration: | — |
| 🧩 Grammatical Cases: | 7 |
| 🎵 Tonal Language: | — |
| 👩🎤 Grammatical Gender: | None |
| 🔡 Average Word Length: | 2.5 syllables |
| 🔤 Verb Conjugation Complexity: | Moderate |
| 🧩 Scrabble Score (avg): | 5.2 |
| ⏳ FSI Learning Hours: | 1100 |
| 📏 Longest Word: | අක්කරැවීදැල් |
| 🤖 Our AI Knowledge: |
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