Language name: SINHALESE
UPSID number: 2020
Alternate name(s): SINHALA
Classification: Indo-European, Indic
This language has 36 segments
Its Frequency index is 0.274636610 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments)
The language has these sounds: p b tD dD t. d. k g P S m nj N l r[ hh cC djjF vA I "e "@ U "o a+ i: e: aa: "@: a: u: o: j s n a_
Comment: Sinhala is spoken in all parts of Sri Lanka, also in Singapore and Thailand.
Source(s): Coates, W.A. and da Silva, M.W.S. 1960. The segmental phonemes of Sinhalese. University of Ceylon Review 18: 163-75.

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