si
Technical information about ISO 639 language code si
The table below provides technical details for the Sinhalese language, designated by the si
code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
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.
Speakers
17M
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Sinhalese speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
si-LK
– Sinhalese (Sri Lanka)
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