Sinhala

Indo-Aryan language native to Sri Lanka
Intangible natural_language Q13267
Sinhala
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Sinhala

Summary

Sinhala is a natural language[1]. Sinhala ranks in the top 6% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,220 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sinhala is in the country of Sri Lanka[3].
  • Sinhala's instance of is recorded as natural language[4].
  • Sinhala's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Sinhala is a type of Insular Indo-Aryan[6].
  • Sinhala's writing system is recorded as Sinhala script[7].
  • Sinhala's Commons category is recorded as Sinhala language[8].
  • Sinhala's Wikimedia language code is recorded as si[9].
  • Sinhala's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 6.5, 'lon': 80.5}[10].
  • Sinhala's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sinhala language[11].
  • Sinhala's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+15300000'}[12].
  • Sinhala's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Sinhala's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'si', 'text': 'සිංහල භාෂාව'}[14].
  • Sinhala's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'si', 'text': 'සිංහල\u200e'}[15].
  • Sinhala's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'si', 'text': 'සිංහල'}[16].
  • Sinhala's different from is recorded as Q241586[17].
  • Sinhala's indigenous to is recorded as Sri Lanka[18].
  • Sinhala's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SIN[19].
  • Sinhala's has grammatical case is recorded as nominative case[20].
  • Sinhala's has grammatical case is recorded as accusative case[21].
  • Sinhala's has grammatical case is recorded as dative case[22].
  • Sinhala's has grammatical case is recorded as genitive case[23].
  • Sinhala's has grammatical case is recorded as locative case[24].
  • Sinhala's has grammatical case is recorded as ablative case[25].
  • Sinhala's has grammatical case is recorded as instrumental case[26].
  • Sinhala's has grammatical case is recorded as vocative case[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[4] and modern language[5]. Sinhala is a type of Insular Indo-Aryan[6].

Why It Matters

Sinhala ranks in the top 6% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,220 views/month).[2] Sinhala has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Sinhala is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject Q131938994
    Number of speakers, writers, or signers {'amount': '+15300000'}
    Writing system Sinhala script
    Has grammatical gender masculine, feminine, neuter
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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