Language code: si
Technical information about ISO 639 language code si
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The table below provides technical details for the Sinhalese language, designated by the si code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Sinhalese Native සිංහල |
| Family | Indo-Aryan |
| Scripts | |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Central (Kandyan)Southern (Rohana)Western (Low-country)Negombo Fishermen's |
| Related languages | Dhivehi (Maldivian)MarathiHindi |
| Key facts | Earliest Sinhala inscriptions date back to the 3rd century BCEThe script is an abugida derived from ancient Brahmi via Grantha and has over 60 distinct signsSinhala displays marked diglossia between its literary and spoken varietiesIt retains a full set of retroflex consonants rare among southern Indo-Aryan languagesSinhala and Dhivehi form the unique Insular Indo-Aryan subgroup. |
| Sample phrase | ආයුබෝවන්, ඔයා කොහොමද? |
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Sinhalese, also known as Sinhala, is part of the Indo-European language family, specifically within the Indo-Aryan subgroup. It is one of the official languages of Sri Lanka and is written using the Sinhala script. It is estimated that there are around 16 million speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
Speakers
17M
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Sinhalese speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
Related locale codes
si-LK – Sinhalese (Sri Lanka)
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- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
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- Project branching
- Professional translation services
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- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
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- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ