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. |