Sinhala

by Dileep Chandralal

Sinhala is one of the official languages of Sri Lanka and the mother tongue of over 70% of the population. Outside Sri Lanka it is used among immigrant populations in the U.K., North America, Australia and some European and Middle Eastern countries. As for the genetic relation, it belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. Although the earliest surviving literature in Sinhala dates from the 8th century A.D. its written tradition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027238227
• ISBN13: 9789027238221
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 296 Pages