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	Sinhalese language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indoeuropean languages.
		The closest relative of Sinhala is the language of the Maldives, Dhivehi.
		Geiger, Wilhelm: A Grammar of the Sinhalese Language, Colombo 1938.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sinhalese_language (969 words)

	Sinhala Language
		These languages share common characteristics and the Indo-Aryan language which is closest to Sinhala is “Divehi” the language of the Maldive Islands, which is written in a script called “Tana”.
		The Tamil language, which belongs to the Dravidian group has influenced the structure and vocabulary of Sinhalese to such an extent that some scholars were erroneously led to believe that Sinhalese belonged to the Dravidian group of languages.
		The script used in writing Sinhalese is evolved from the ancient Brahmi script used in most Aryan languages, which was introduced to the island in the 3rd century B.C. Around the 6th century, certain symbols were borrowed from a Dravidian writing system to replace some existing symbols.
	members.tripod.com /~hettiarachchi/sinhala2.html (588 words)

	Chelvadurai Manogaran - Validity of Liberation Tigers' Use of Force to Secure to the Tamil People their Right to ...
		Sinhalese politicians also used their majority in parliament to dismantle the constitution safeguards that were incorporated in the constitution of independent Sri Lanka to protect minorities from being discrimination by the Sinhalese majority.
		Sinhalese politicians deliberately concealed the fact that only thirty percent of the Tamil population, especially those belonging to Vellala caste, reaped the benefits of English education and that the large majority of the Tamil people, especially of the Eastern Provinces, were illiterate in the English language during the colonial period.
		Sinhalese leaders were reluctant to concede language or any other rights to Tamils because the Buddhist clergy had warned the Sinhalese masses that it was their duty as the chosen race, with a divine mission, to establish, preserve, and develop a Sinhala society based on the sacred values of the ancient past.
	www.tamilnation.org /forum/manogaran/force.htm (16790 words)

	Edge Translation
		Sinhalese is the language spoken by the Sinhalese, the largest ethnic group of Sri Lanka.
		The Sinhalese script evolved from the ancient Brahmi Script which was introduced to the island in 6th century BC.
		The Sinhalese alphabet is similar to other Indic alphabets, as all of them appear to be off-shoots of the Sanskrit alphabet.
	www.edgetranslation.net /sinhalese1.htm (215 words)

	WWW Virtual Library Sri Lanka : The Language correspondence between Japanese and Sinhalese
		Japanese language is used to characterize by vagueness.
		"Elbow" is "Waramita" in Sinhalese and "Hiji" in Japanese.
		Sinhalese is the language of old friend or relative of Japanese.
	www.lankalibrary.com /books/Japanese_sinhala.htm (1200 words)

	Dhivehi Information Center - dhivehi
		Dhivehi is an Indo-Aryan language and the official language of the Republic of the Maldives.
		Dhivehi is thought to have shared a common mother language to Sinhalese, which became extinct with the birth of the two new languages around 500 BC.
		Inherent in the Dhivehi language is a form of eloborate class distinction expressed through three levels: The first level, the reethi bas or aadhe-vadainevvun, is used to address members of the upper class and of royal blood, but is now more often used on national radio and TV.
	www.scipeeps.com /Sci-Official_Languages_D_-_G/Dhivehi.html (425 words)

	Travel Guide to Sri Lanka: People by Sri-Lanka-Tour.com
		According to the legend, the Sinhalese were descendants of Prince Vijaya and his fellows migrating from the northern India into the island in the 6th century B.C, bringing with them the agricultural economy and language.
		They adopted Tamil language instead of retaining their complicated Arabian language for the reason that Tamil language was a common language for communication of trading along the coast, but they still practicing the religion of Islam.
		The Portuguese language continued to be used among the Dutch Burghers families as the colloquial language until the end of the 19th century.
	www.sri-lanka-tour.com /travel-guide/people.htm (2988 words)

	Monotype: Non Latin Font
		It is used in Sri Lanka for writing the Sinhalese language, as well as Pali and Sanskrit.
		Although it is one of the two national languages of Sri Lanka, the Sinhalese language belongs to the Indo-Aryan group which includes Northern Indian languages such as Hindi.
		The binduva, traditionally an indicator of nasalization, is used in Modern Sinhalese to indicate a nasal consonant.
	www.monotypefonts.com /Library/Non-Latin-Library.asp?show=info&lan=sinhalese (383 words)

	Learn Sinhalese Online - Write or Speak in Sinhalese Language Exchange
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	Asia Times: SRI LANKA: THE UNTOLD STORY
		Despite colonial occupation, however, Tamil remained the language that was in force with the colonial administrators of the Tamil kingdom.
		In the Sinhalese kingdoms, when the Sinhalese language was not fully evolved as a language, several Sinhalese kings adopted Tamil as the official language of the king's court, and subsequently Sinhalese gradually evolved into the official language, yet the Pali language predominated it.
		The Prime Minister began to be heavily troubled by the growing concern for the one language policy and was embarrassed as he could not proceed with the parity of status idea for the two languages.
	www.atimes.com /ind-pak/CK24Df05.html (10329 words)

	Mexica Uprising - In Support of World Wide Indigenous Revolution
		By 1975, the language question had evolved to include the complex issue of national and territorial rights; a powerful Tamil secessionist movement had emerged.
		Language became the basis of nationalism; Sinhala nationalism became equated with Sri Lankan nationalism, which Tamils rejected.
		Article 19 declared that Sinhala and Tamil were to be the national languages of Sri Lanka (with Sinhala remaining the sole official language).
	www.mexicauprising.net /tamil_tigers.html (1150 words)

	The Sinhalese
		The former were 29.1% of the total population according to the Census of 1971.They are not ethnically distinct from each other – the distinction being based on the political division of the country as at 1815.
		The ancient Sinhalese had extended their settlements over the entirety of the dry zone including modern Jaffnapatnam as well as over substantial parts of the wet zone by the first century B.C. as evidenced by their numerous inscriptions.
		It is possible to follow the evolution and development of this language from the third century B.C. to the present time by the study of inscriptions and literature.
	www.lakhanda.itgo.com /sinhalese.htm (1021 words)

	Language in India
		However, the Sinhalese and Tamil parties worked out a compromise based on which the Council passed a resolution that English be replaced by Sinhala and Tamil as the official languages of the nation.
		The Act dictated "Sinhala language shall be the one official language of Ceylon, and that if immediate implementation was impracticable, the language or languages currently in use may be continued until the necessary change is effected as early as possible before the expiry of the thirty-first of December, 1960" (Gunasekara 1996).
		The claims for the pre-eminence of a language or linguistic people group based on population strength are often questioned by counter-claims based on the historical evolution of the modern nation as a single political unit.
	www.languageinindia.com /jan2002/srilanka1.html (1623 words)

	WELCOME TO SAHAN'S HOME PAGE - SINHALESE LANGUAGE AND ALPHABET
		The sinhalese is a Aryan langauge related to other Indo-Aryan languages and is derived from the Pali and Sanskrit languages.
		The sinhalese alphabet is a sylabic alphabet consisting of 54 consonants and 24 vowels.
		If you know of any other sites that contain information on the sinhalese language and the writing system pls send me a e-mail and I will be happy to put your link up on my site.
	sahan.us /files/singhalease.html (355 words)

	Sinhalese Language Facts And Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Countries Where Spoken: 13,190,000 in Sri Lanka, 72% of the population (1993) to 15,000,000 possibly including second language users (1997).
		Summary: There is a great difference between the literary and the colloquial language.
		This is just for fun, base your vote on factors such as ease of learning, ease of pronouncing, the sounds and tones, how appealing it sounds, how effective and convenient it is to communicate in and express what is on your mind.
	www.phrasebase.com /english/languages/index.php?cat=80 (179 words)

	Epilepsy Action: Sinhalese Language Epilepsy Helpline for UK re
		In partnership with the organisation Language Line, telephone advice and information is available in 150 languages, including Sinhalese.
		All Language Line interpreters are highly qualified in their field.
		Language Line interpreters are specifically trained in telephone interpreting.
	www.epilepsy.org.uk /services/freephone_languageline.cfm?idl=57 (261 words)

	Asia Times: SRI LANKA: THE UNTOLD STORY Chapter 15: Turbulence in any language
		Thousands of Sinhalese families were moved from the Southwestern parts of the country and settled on land belonged to the Tamils.
		In September 1955, Bandaranaike declared that the language sub-committee of the SLFP had resolved that Sinhalese be declared the official language of the country, with the reasonable use of Tamil.
		At a public meeting held on November 13, Bandaranaike warned the Sinhalese, "If parity is granted, it will mean disaster to the Sinhalese race." At the annual session of the SLFP in December resolved to make Sinhala only as the official language with provision recognition of the reasonable use of Tamil.
	www.atimes.com /ind-pak/CK17Df01.html (8926 words)

	Sinhala Language: Borrowed words from Sinhala to English
		So this request is to all linguaphilies, authorities of Sinhalese and English, the language departments of all our universities and their heads, the Department of State Language etc to come out with facts to buttress up the existence and the use of 'Asweddumise' with source of information.
		Pothes (Sinhalese Pota - A genus of climbing shrubs).
		English is not a language emanated by itself.
	www.sinhalapage.com /articles/loanword.asp (863 words)

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		They are supported in their belief by the fact that they have slightly lighter skin than other people in Sri Lanka and that the Sinhalese language is very similar to languages of northern India.
		For the most part the Sinhalese are followers of Buddhism They feel that it was their religion that originally led them to Sri Lanka.
		Sirmova called on Sinhalese nationalist sentiments to unseat her opponents in the United National Party.
	www.earlham.edu /~pols/globalprobs/ceylon/conflict.html (1454 words)

	Of language, religion and nationalism
		Dharmadasa, 66, did his Ph.D. on "The Rise of Sinhalese Language Nationalism: A Study in the Sociology of Change" at the University of Monash, Australia.
		The Sinhalese were always conscious of their historical heritage, partly because of the high degree of literacy especially among the elite and the Bhikkus [monks], who were the custodians of learning.
		I used the word "language" also because the Sinhala language became the rallying point for the nationalist cause in the mid-19th century itself.
	www.frontlineonnet.com /fl2212/stories/20050617003611000.htm (3358 words)

	Sinhalese - language.com.au - Sinhalese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		If you can't find what you need here, please e-mail us.
		Sinhalese script is introduced starting in lesson 5.
		Starting in lesson 13 all new material is written in Sinhalese script.
	www.language.com.au /sinhal.html (96 words)

	The Sinhala Language at Cornell - Department of Asian Studies
		Sinhala (sometimes referred to as Sinhalese) is one of the two local languages in the island country of Sri Lanka (population approx.
		It is used widely in the Sri Lankan diaspora, as is Tamil, the second local language of the country.
		Wilhelm Geiger, A Grammar of the Sinhalese Language, 1938.
	lrc.cornell.edu /asian/courses/sinhala (302 words)

	Learn Sinhalese - Sinhalese Books, Courses, and Software
		This is the language of Sri Lanka (Ceylon), and is also spoken in Singapore.
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	www.multilingualbooks.com /sinhal.html (1197 words)

	Sinhalese Dictionary, Sinhalese Learn, Sinhalese Software - Mac, Sinhalese Software - Windows, Sinhalese Spell ...
		Sinhalese is the official language of Ceylon, now known as Sri Lanka.
		An Indo-iluropean language descended from Sanskrit, Sinhalese was brought to Ceylon by settlers from northern India in the 5th century B.C. The alphabet, however, with its generally rounded letters, more closely resembles those of the Dravidian languages of southern India.
		As many kinds of garlands can be made from a heap of flowers, so many good works should be achieved by a mortal when once he is born.
	www.worldlanguage.com /Languages/Sinhalese.htm (221 words)

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	CBC News Indepth: Sri Lanka
		Morrison said one pivotal event that aggravated the relationship between the two groups was the public 2,500th anniversary celebration of Buddha, a Sinhalese religion, in 1956.
		Three attempts to make Tamil the other official language were thwarted, when the government bowed to pressure from Sinhalese-dominated political parties, he said.
		Thirteen Sinhalese soldiers in northern Jaffna were killed, and violent riots targeting Tamils broke out in the Sri-Lankan capital of Colombo.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/srilanka/tamil-tigers.html (1406 words)

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