Sinhala
si · සිංහල
Sinhala (si) is written in the Sinhala script and has an estimated 14.9M speakers. It is an official language in Sri Lanka. CLDR has 2 locales for it.
Native nameසිංහල
ScriptSinhalaSinh
Speakers14.9Mestimated
Countries1
Locales2
Plural forms2one, other
Overview
- Code
- si
- Native name
- සිංහල
- Script
- Sinhala Sinh
- Likely region
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Direction
- Left to right
- Plural categories
- one
- other
- Ordinal categories
- other
Where it is spoken
| Country | Status | Share of population |
|---|---|---|
| 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | Official | 68% |
Plural categories
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| one | 0, 1 |
| other | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, … |