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Sinhala (/ ˈ s ɪ n h ə l ə, ˈ s ɪ ŋ ə l ə / SIN-hə-lə, SING-ə-lə; [2] Sinhala: සිංහල, siṁhala, [ˈsiŋɦələ]), [3] sometimes called Sinhalese (/ ˌ s ɪ n (h) ə ˈ l iː z, ˌ s ɪ ŋ (ɡ) ə ˈ l iː z / SIN-(h)ə-LEEZ, SING-(g)ə-LEEZ), is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka, who make up the largest ethnic group on the ...
The Sinhala script (Sinhala: සිංහල අක්ෂර මාලාව, romanized: Siṁhala Akṣara Mālāwa), also known as Sinhalese script, is a writing system used by the Sinhalese people and most Sri Lankans in Sri Lanka and elsewhere to write the Sinhala language as well as the liturgical languages Pali and Sanskrit. [3]
Sihinayaki Adare (Love is a Dream) (Sinhala: සිහිනයකි ආදරේ) is a 2024 Indian-Sri Lankan Sinhalese language romantic drama film co-directed by Sarov Shanmugam and Donald Jayantha. [2] The film is co-produced by Raja Sadesh Kumar and Srimathi Sadesh Kumar. [3]
The word Sinhala in Yasarath font. An ola leaf manuscript written in Sinhala. Sinhalese people speak Sinhala, also known as "Helabasa"; this language has two varieties, spoken and written. Sinhala is an Indo-Aryan language within the broader group of Indo-European languages. [18]
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. [1] The act replaced English with Sinhala as the sole official language of Ceylon, with the exclusion of Tamil from the act.
Jayasekara in 2010. P. B. Jayasekara (Sinhala: පි.බි.ජයසේකර), also known as Premathilaka Jayasekara, is a Sri Lankan short story writer and translator.. His short story, kotiya (Sinhala: කොටියා) was awarded the first place at the Ravaya (Sinhala: රාවය) literary festivals in 1993 and Daruduka (Sinhala: දරුදුක) won the first place at the ...
Ape Principal (Our Principal) (Sinhala: අපේ ප්රින්සිපල්) is a 2023 Sri Lankan Sinhalese language drama film directed by Chris Antony and co-produced by Indika Wimalaratne and Upul Dharmasena for Kapture2 Studios. [4]
Bimba Devi alias Yashodhara (බිම්බා දේවී හෙවත් යශෝධරා) is a 2018 Sri Lankan Sinhala language epic, biographical drama film written and directed by professor Sunil Ariyaratne. [2] This historical biographical film depicts the life of princess Yashodhara, the wife of Prince Siddhartha.