- The native name of the language is සිංහල (Sinhāla), which comes from Sanskrit and could be translated as “lion-seizer”, “lion-killer” or “lion blood”.
- The Sinhala language, often called Sinhalese or Helabasa, is an Indo-European language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of this language family.
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- Sinhala literature includes prose and poetic traditions, both of which have many subsidiary genres and have differed considerably throughout Sri Lanka’s history.
- The Sinhala language is therefore a member of the Aryan family of languages, which is a member of a still larger family of languages known as Indo-European.
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- Today, the Sinhala Department at Kelaniya University stands as a fully established department, boasting a highly qualified and competent faculty.
- Sinhala is also spoken as a second language by about three million people from other ethnic groups in Sri Lanka.
- Sinhala script, also known as Sinhalese script, is a writing system used by the Sinhalese people and most Sri Lankans in Sri Lanka.