

Sinhala native speakers: 17 million (2012), 3 million L2 speakers (2012). Sinhala Speaking Countries and Territories: Sri Lanka.

Sinhala script, Sinhala Braille (Bharati Braille) Sinhala Speaking Countries and Territories 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 (/ˈsɪnhələ, ˈsɪŋələ/ SIN-hə-lə, SING-ə-lə සිංහල, siṁhala, ), also known as Sinhalese, 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. The standard way to write "Italy" in Sinhala is: ඉතාලිය Alphabet in Sinhala Your browser does not support the audio element. Click audio icon to pronounce Italy in Sinhala:: This is your most common way to say Italy in ඉතාලිය language.

