![]() Along with Pali, it played a major role in the development of Theravada Buddhist literature. ![]() Sinhala is one of the official and national languages of Sri Lanka. It is written using the Sinhala script, which is one of the Brahmic scripts a descendant of the ancient Indian Brahmi script closely related to the Kadamba script. ![]() Sinhala is also spoken as the first language by other ethnic groups in Sri Lanka, totaling about 4 million people as of 2001. Sinhala ( / ˈ s ɪ n h ə l ə, ˈ s ɪ ŋ ə l ə/ SIN-hə-lə, SING-ə-lə සිංහල, siṁhala, ), ( / ˌ s ɪ n( h) ə ˈ l iː z, ˌ s ɪ ŋ( ɡ) ə-/) is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka, who make up the largest ethnic group on the island, numbering about 16 million.
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