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Language code: sin

Technical information about ISO 639 language code sin

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The table below provides technical details for the Sinhala, Sinhalese language, designated by the sin code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

sin

Name

Official

Sinhala, Sinhalese

Native

සිංහල

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Central (Kandyan) SinhalaSouthern SinhalaWestern (Low-country) Sinhala
Related languages
Dhivehi (Maldivian)MarathiKonkani
Key facts
Uses the rounded Sinhala script developed for writing on palm leavesDisplays pronounced diglossia between Literary and Spoken varietiesKeeps prenasalized consonants like /mb/ and /nd/ as separate phonemesVocabulary includes many Portuguese, Dutch and English loanwordsEarliest Sinhala inscriptions date to the 3rd century BCE.
Sample phrase

ආයුබෝවන්, ඔබ කොහොමද?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Sinhala, Sinhalese language, identified by the code sin, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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