called Sinhalese (/ˌsɪn(h)əˈliːz, ˌsɪŋ(ɡ)əˈliːz/ SIN-(h)ə-LEEZ, SING-(g)ə-LEEZ), is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of...

and number more than 15.2 million. The Sinhalese people speak Sinhala, an insular Indo-Aryan language. Sinhalese people are predominantly Theravada Buddhists...

descendant of Elu Prakrit and is closely related to Sinhalese, but not mutually intelligible with it. Many languages have influenced the development of Dhivehi...

parent Vedda language(s) is of unknown linguistic origins, while Sinhalese is part of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family. Phonologically...

during the 16th and 17th centuries, many Portuguese language surnames were adopted among the Sinhalese people. As a result, Perera and Fernando eventually...

Sinhalese New Year, generally known as Aluth Avurudda (Sinhala: අලුත් අවුරුද්ද) in Sri Lanka, is a Sri Lankan holiday that celebrates the traditional...

Hettipola (Sinhalese language: හෙට්ටිපොල) is a town in Kurunegala District, North Western Province of Sri Lanka. It consists of 15 Grama Niladari divisions...

a deity of the Kumaoni community of India Golu Hadawatha, a 1968 Sinhalese language romance film This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...

Genetic studies on the Sinhalese is part of population genetics investigating the origins of the Sinhalese population. All studies agree that there is...

The Indo-Aryan languages (or sometimes Indic languages) are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family. As of the early...