ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ

ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ
ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ
Sinhala
සිංහල; Siṁhala
ᱨᱟᱹᱲ	ᱪᱷᱟᱸᱪ:IPA-si
ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱴᱷᱟᱶ	ᱥᱨᱤᱞᱚᱝᱠᱟ
ᱡᱟᱹᱛ	ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ ᱦᱚᱲ
ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ	᱑᱗�00 ᱢᱤᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ (᱒᱐᱑᱒); ᱓ ᱢᱤᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱫᱚᱥᱟᱨ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱨᱚᱲ ᱦᱚᱲ (᱒᱐᱑᱒)
ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱜᱷᱟᱨᱚᱸᱡᱽ	Indo-European ᱤᱱᱫᱳᱼᱤᱨᱟᱱᱤᱭᱟᱱ ᱤᱱᱫᱳᱼᱟᱨᱡᱚ Southern Zone Insular Indic ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ; ; ; ; ;
	Elu
Dialects	ᱵᱮᱫ (perhaps a creole);
ᱚᱞ ᱛᱚᱦᱚᱨ	ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ ᱪᱤᱞᱤ; ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ ᱵᱽᱨᱮᱭᱤᱞ (ᱵᱷᱟᱨᱚᱛᱤ ᱵᱽᱨᱮᱭᱤᱞ);
ᱥᱚᱨᱠᱟᱨᱤ ᱢᱟᱱᱚᱛ
ᱟᱹᱢᱟᱹᱞᱮᱛ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱴᱚᱴᱷᱟ	ᱥᱨᱤᱞᱚᱝᱠᱟ
ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱠᱳᱰ
ISO 639-1	si
ISO 639-2	sin
ISO 639-3	sin
ᱜᱞᱳᱴᱳᱞᱳᱜᱽ	sinh1246
ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱴᱚᱴᱷᱟ	59-ABB-a

ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ (ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ: සිංහල) ᱫᱚ ᱤᱱᱫᱳᱼᱤᱣᱨᱳᱯᱤᱭᱟᱱ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱜᱷᱟᱨᱚᱸᱡᱽ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱤᱱᱫᱳᱼᱟᱨᱡᱚ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱨᱤᱞᱚᱝᱠᱟ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱑.᱖ ᱠᱳᱴᱤ ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ^[᱓]^[᱑] ᱾ ᱒᱐᱐᱑ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ ᱦᱤᱥᱟᱹᱵᱽ ᱛᱮ ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱥᱨᱤᱞᱚᱝᱠᱟ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱔᱐ ᱞᱟᱠᱷ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱡᱟᱹᱛᱤ ᱜᱷᱟᱨᱚᱸᱡᱽ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱯᱳᱭᱞᱳ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ^[᱔] ᱾ ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ ᱪᱤᱠᱤ ᱛᱮᱠᱚ ᱚᱞᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱟᱬᱮ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱵᱨᱚᱦᱚᱢᱤ ᱪᱤᱠᱤ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱦᱮᱡ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾^[᱕]

ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱥᱨᱤᱞᱚᱝᱠᱟ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱥᱚᱨᱠᱟᱨᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤᱠᱚ ᱢᱩᱫ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱨᱤᱞᱚᱝᱠᱟ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱡᱟᱹᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱯᱟᱞᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱛᱷᱮᱨᱵᱟᱫᱽ ᱵᱩᱫᱫᱷᱚ ᱥᱟᱶᱦᱮᱫ ᱦᱟᱨᱟᱼᱵᱩᱨᱩ ᱨᱮ ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱰᱤᱜᱟᱱ ᱜᱚᱸᱲᱚᱸ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ ᱾

ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱢᱟᱬᱮ ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ ᱫᱷᱤᱨᱤ ᱚᱞ ᱠᱚ ᱥᱨᱤᱞᱚᱝᱠᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱵᱩᱫᱫᱷᱚ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ ᱦᱮᱡ ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱛᱮᱥᱟᱨ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱫᱚᱥᱟᱨ ᱵᱤᱥᱤᱤ (BCE) ᱢᱩᱫ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾

ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢ

ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱥᱚᱝᱠᱨᱤᱛ ᱟᱹᱲᱟᱹ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ; ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱟᱹ, "ᱠᱩᱞ" ᱟᱹᱲᱟᱹ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱥᱚᱝᱠᱨᱤᱛ ᱢᱮᱱᱮᱫ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱦᱮᱡ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ^[᱖] ᱾ ᱵᱷᱟᱜᱚᱵᱚᱛ ᱯᱩᱨᱟᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ ᱫᱤᱯ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱥᱚᱝᱠᱨᱤᱛ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢ ᱢᱮᱱᱛᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ ᱾^{[ᱥᱟᱹᱠᱭᱟᱹᱛ ᱞᱟᱹᱠᱛᱤ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ]}

ᱱᱟᱜᱟᱢ

ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱚᱨᱥᱚᱝ

ᱛᱟᱢᱤᱞ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱦᱮᱡ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱟᱹᱲᱟᱹ ᱟᱨ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱰᱨᱟᱵᱷᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟᱱ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱯᱷᱳᱱᱮᱴᱤᱠ ᱟᱨ ᱨᱚᱱᱚᱲ ᱠᱚᱜᱮ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱤᱱᱫᱳᱼᱟᱨᱡᱚ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱮᱴᱟᱜᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱰᱨᱟᱵᱷᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟᱱ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱠᱚ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱨᱚᱲᱼᱨᱚᱯᱚᱲ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱯᱨᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱮ ᱮᱢᱟ ᱾

ᱤᱣᱨᱳᱯᱤᱭᱚ ᱚᱨᱥᱚᱝ

ᱥᱟᱭ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱩᱯᱚᱱᱤᱵᱮᱥ ᱨᱟᱡᱽ ᱠᱷᱟᱹᱛᱤᱨ ᱱᱮᱵᱮᱛᱟᱨ ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱨᱮ ᱟᱭᱢᱟᱜᱟᱱ ᱯᱳᱨᱛᱩᱜᱤᱡᱽ, ᱰᱟᱪ ᱟᱨ ᱤᱝᱞᱤᱥ ᱟᱹᱲᱟᱹ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱮᱥᱟ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾

ᱚᱞ ᱛᱚᱦᱚᱨ

ආයුබෝවන් (āyubōvan) means "welcome", literally wishing one a long life

ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ ᱪᱤᱠᱤ, ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ ᱦᱳᱫᱤᱭᱟ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱪᱤᱠᱤ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱜᱮ ᱥᱮᱫᱟᱭ ᱵᱨᱚᱦᱚᱢᱤ ᱪᱤᱠᱤ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱦᱮᱡ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ ᱪᱤᱠᱤ ᱠᱚᱧᱮ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱜᱨᱚᱱᱛᱷᱚ ᱪᱤᱠᱤ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱜᱟᱹᱦᱤᱨ ᱥᱟᱹᱜᱟᱹᱭ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ ᱾

ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ ᱪᱤᱞᱤ ᱨᱮ ᱞᱮᱠᱷᱟᱜᱩᱴ ᱖᱐ ᱜᱚᱴᱟᱱ ᱪᱤᱠᱤ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ, ᱑᱘ ᱜᱚᱴᱟᱱ ᱪᱤᱠᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱨᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱟᱲᱟᱝ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱟᱨ ᱔᱒ ᱜᱚᱴᱟᱱ ᱪᱤᱠᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱮᱪᱮᱫ ᱟᱲᱟᱝ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱾ ᱢᱮᱱᱠᱷᱟᱱ, ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ ᱨᱚᱲ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ (ᱥᱩᱫᱫᱷᱚ ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ) ᱠᱷᱟᱹᱞᱤ ᱕᱗ ᱜᱚᱴᱟᱱ ᱪᱤᱠᱤ (᱑᱖ ᱨᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱟᱨ ᱔᱑ ᱠᱮᱪᱮᱫ) ᱜᱮ ᱫᱚᱨᱠᱟᱨᱟ ᱾

ᱥᱟᱶᱦᱮᱫ

ᱮᱛᱚᱢ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱭᱢᱟᱜᱟᱱ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱠᱚ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱥᱟᱹᱜᱟᱹᱭ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱩᱛᱷᱱᱟᱹᱣ ᱫᱚ ᱛᱮᱥᱟᱨ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱫᱚᱥᱟᱨ ᱵᱤᱥᱤᱤ (BCE) ᱨᱮ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱫᱷᱤᱨᱤ ᱚᱞ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱦᱩᱭ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾

ᱟᱨᱦᱚᱸ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱢᱮ

Gair, James: Sinhala and Other South Asian Languages, New York 1998.
Indrapala, Karthigesu (2007). The evolution of an ethnic identity: The Tamils in Sri Lanka C. 300 BCE to C. 1200 CE. Colombo: Vijitha Yapa. ISBN 978-955-1266-72-1. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Perera, H.S.; Jones, D. (1919). A colloquial Sinhalese reader in phonetic transcription. Manchester: Longmans, Green & Co. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Van Driem, George (15 Jan 2002). Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 978-90-04-10390-0. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

ᱵᱟᱨᱦᱮ ᱡᱚᱱᱚᱲ

Charles Henry Carter. A Sinhalese-English dictionary. Colombo: The "Ceylon Observer" Printing Works; London: Probsthain & Co., 1924.
Simhala Sabdakosa Karyamsaya. Sanksipta Simhala Sabdakosaya. Archived ᱒᱐᱑᱓-᱐᱗-᱑᱕ at the Wayback Machine. Kolamba : Samskrtika Katayutu Pilibanda Departamentuva, 2007–2009.
Madura Online English-Sinhala Dictionary and Language Translator
Kapruka Sinhala dictionary
Sinhala dictionary resources online Archived ᱒᱐᱒᱐-᱑᱐-᱑᱒ at the Wayback Machine.
Sinhala Dictionary Archived ᱒᱐᱑᱙-᱐᱘-᱐᱕ at the Wayback Machine.
Sinhala Script Archived ᱒᱐᱑᱘-᱑᱑-᱐᱑ at the Wayback Machine.
Sinhala dictionary (Beta)
Sinhala for iOS
Sinhala Dictionary for Android

ᱥᱟᱹᱠᱷᱭᱟᱹᱛ

↑ ^᱑.᱐ ^᱑.᱑ ^᱑.᱒ "Sinhala". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Sinhala". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (help)
↑ "Census of Population and Housing 2011". www.statistics.gov.lk. Archived from the original on 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
↑ "Census of Population and Housing 2001" (PDF). Statistics.gov.lk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
↑ Jayarajan, Paul M. (1976-01-01). History of the Evolution of the Sinhala Alphabet (in ᱟᱝᱜᱽᱨᱮᱡᱤ). Colombo Apothecaries' Company, Limited.
↑ Caldwell, Robert (1875). "A comparative grammar of the Dravidian or South-Indian Family of Languages". London: Trübner & Co.: 86. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[ethnologuesinhala-1] ᱑.᱐ ^᱑.᱑ ^᱑.᱒ "Sinhala". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-04-06.

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Sinhala". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (help)

[3] "Census of Population and Housing 2011". www.statistics.gov.lk. Archived from the original on 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2017-04-06.

[4] "Census of Population and Housing 2001" (PDF). Statistics.gov.lk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2013.

[auto2-5] Jayarajan, Paul M. (1976-01-01). History of the Evolution of the Sinhala Alphabet (in ᱟᱝᱜᱽᱨᱮᱡᱤ). Colombo Apothecaries' Company, Limited.

[6] Caldwell, Robert (1875). "A comparative grammar of the Dravidian or South-Indian Family of Languages". London: Trübner & Co.: 86. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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