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| sinhala: Sinhala Dileep Chandralal, 2010 Sinhala is one of the official languages of Sri Lanka and the mother tongue of over 70% of the population. Outside Sri Lanka it is used among immigrant populations in the U.K., North America, Australia and some European and Middle Eastern countries. As for the genetic relation, it belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. Although the earliest surviving literature in Sinhala dates from the 8th century A.D., its written tradition has traced a longer path of more than 2,000 years. Among the major topics covered in this volume are the writing system, phonology, morphology, grammatical constructions and discourse and pragmatic aspects of Sinhala. Written in a clear and lucid style, the book presents a rich sampling of the data and serves a useful typological reference. Therefore this is required reading for not only linguists and Sinhala specialists but also to anyone interested in language, thought, and culture. |
| sinhala: Sinhala Bonnie G. MacDougall, Kamini De Abrew, Foreign Service Institute (U.S.), 1979 |
| sinhala: The Legacy of Stylistic Theatre in the Creation of a Modern Sinhala Drama in Sri Lanka Lakshmi D. Bulathsinghala, 2024-04-30 This book explores the development of Sinhala stylistic drama from its earliest manifestations to the post-independence era. Bulathsinghala examines the impact of indigenous and imported folk theatrical forms on the work of the most significant postcolonial stylistic dramatists and on key plays that they produced. In the process, the book explores a number of myths and misunderstandings regarding Sri Lanka’s folk heritage and seeks to establish more reliable information on the principal indigenous Sri Lankan folk dramatic forms and their characteristics. At the same time, by drawing connections between folk drama and the post-independence stylistic theatrical movement, the author demonstrates the essential role of the former in Sinhala culture prior to the advent of Western and other influences and shows how both continue to inflect Sri Lankan drama today. This book will help to open the field of South Asian drama studies to an audience consisting not only of scholars and students but also of general readers who are interested in the fields of drama and theatre and Asian studies. |
| sinhala: Sinhala Grammar For Beginners Nicky Huys, 2025-05-31 Sinhala Grammar For Beginners is an essential guide for anyone looking to learn the Sinhala language, whether for travel, work, or personal enrichment. This comprehensive book breaks down the complexities of Sinhala grammar into easy-to-understand concepts, making it accessible for beginners. Readers will find clear explanations of sentence structure, verb conjugations, and essential vocabulary, along with practical exercises to reinforce learning. Rich with cultural insights and illustrative examples, this book not only teaches the mechanics of the language but also immerses learners in the vibrant culture of Sri Lanka. Accompanied by helpful tips and resources, Sinhala Grammar For Beginners is designed to build confidence in speaking and writing Sinhala, paving the way for effective communication and deeper connections with the language and its speakers. Perfect for self-study or classroom use, this book is a must-have for anyone eager to embark on their linguistic journey. |
| sinhala: The Routledge Companion to Sinhala Fiction from Post-War Sri Lanka Madhubhashini Disanayaka Ratnayake, 2022-09-27 This companion presents a critical collection of Sinhala resistance literature from Sri Lanka. It includes translated short stories and excerpts from Sinhala novels, written after the civil war in the country. Featuring national award-winning writers, the selected texts share a common theme of resistance as the writers write against an exclusivist nationalism that was propagated through mass media and platforms of party politics in Sri Lanka during the war. The volume addresses crucial issues such as the fate of civilians in war, the role of religion in Sri Lankan polity, media censorship, the experience of women in war, as well as the current education system and youth problems in present day Sri Lanka. It highlights an alternate discourse that runs among the ethnic Sinhala group and contributes to the overall movement towards peace and reconciliation among the different ethnic communities in Sri Lanka. A unique addition to the growing oeuvre of translated Sinhala literature, the companion will be indispensable to students, scholars, and researchers of ethnic studies, war and peace studies, peace and conflict studies, literature, cultural studies, political sociology, and South Asian studies, particularly those interested in Sri Lankan literature. |
| sinhala: First 100 Sinhala Words With English Translation Ashen Madushanka, 2019-08-25 This book include 100 Sinhala language words with English Language Translation . Also including Colorful Pictures . |
| sinhala: Spoken Sinhala Made Simple V. T. Fernando, 2018-05-15 This book teaches the colloquial language of the Sinhala people in a straightforward and thorough manner. With an intuitive transliteration system (explained in the first chapter), a discussion of all major grammatical concepts, and numerous dialogues and exercises, Spoken Sinhala Made Simple is a valuable resource for anyone looking to speak Sinhalese. |
| sinhala: The Politics and Poetics of Authenticity Harshana Rambukwella, 2018-07-02 What is the role of cultural authenticity in the making of nations? Much scholarly and popular commentary on nationalism dismisses authenticity as a romantic fantasy or, worse, a deliberately constructed mythology used for political manipulation. The Politics and Poetics of Authenticity places authenticity at the heart of Sinhala nationalism in late nineteenth and twentieth-century Sri Lanka. It argues that the passion for the ‘real’ or the ‘authentic’ has played a significant role in shaping nationalist thinking and argues for an empathetic yet critical engagement with the idea of authenticity. Through a series of fine-grained and historically grounded analyses of the writings of individual figures central to the making of Sinhala nationalist ideology the book demonstrates authenticity’s rich and varied presence in Sri Lankan public life and its key role in understanding postcolonial nationalism in Sri Lanka and elsewhere in South Asia and the world. It also explores how notions of authenticity shape certain strands of postcolonial criticism and offers a way of questioning the taken-for-granted nature of the nation as a unit of analysis but at the same time critically explore the deep imprint of nations and nationalisms on people's lives. |
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| sinhala: Modernizing Composition Garrett Field, 2017-03-22 A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. The study of South Asian music falls under the purview of ethnomusicology, whereas that of South Asian literature falls under South Asian studies. As a consequence of this academic separation, scholars rarely take notice of connections between South Asian song and poetry. Modernizing Composition overcomes this disciplinary fragmentation by examining the history of Sinhala-language song and poetry in twentieth-century Sri Lanka. Garrett Field describes how songwriters and poets modernized song and poetry in response to colonial and postcolonial formations. The story of this modernization is significant in that it shifts focus from India’s relationship to the West to little-studied connections between Sri Lanka and North India. |
| sinhala: English-Serbian (Cyrillic) Bilingual Children's Picture Dictionary Book of Colors Richard Carlson, 2016-12-29 About the Book: Learn colors with this bilingual children's picture book dictionary. English-Serbian (Cyrillic) Bilingual Children's Picture Dictionary Book of Colors www.rich.center |
| sinhala: Sinhala Bonnie G. MacDougall, Kamini De Abrew, Foreign Service Institute (U.S.), 1979 |
| sinhala: Sinhala Jayaratna Banda Disanayaka, 1994 |
| sinhala: Ranee Savarimutthu (M.A. Cinematography) on the Development of Sinhala Cinema, 1947-1967 Ranee Savarimutthu, 1977 |
| sinhala: Narrative Methods of Sinhala Prose Wasantha A. Liyanage, 2004 |
| sinhala: Literary Sinhala James W. Gair, Ḍabliv. Es Karuṇātilaka, 1974 |
| sinhala: Let's Learn Sinhala Jayaratna Banda Disanayaka, 2003 |
| sinhala: Sinhala Buddhist Classics in Literature Wasantha A. Liyanage, 2000 |
| sinhala: A Study of Sinhala Vocables of Dutch Origin Puñci Baṇḍāra Sannasgala, 1976 |
| sinhala: Tamil Terrorism and Sinhala Solutions Prajapala Sri Gunawardane, 2001 |
| sinhala: Sinhala-ness and Sinhala Nationalism Michael Roberts, 2001 |
| sinhala: Literary Sinhala Inflected Forms James W. Gair, Ḍabliv. Es Karuṇātilaka, 1976 |
| sinhala: Say it in Sinhala Jayaratna Banda Disanayaka, 1985 Guide to speaking Sinhalese; includes brief notes on the flora and fauna, history, and religion of Sri Lanka. |
| sinhala: The Sinhala Jathaka Stories R. Weerakoon, 1974 On stories of previous incarnations of Gautama Buddha. |
| sinhala: Some Sinhala Combative, Field and Aquatic Sports and Games Paulus Edward Pieris Deraniyagala, 1959 |
| sinhala: Semantics and Pragmatics of Colloquial Sinhala Involitive Verbs Michael Vincent Inman, 1993 |
| sinhala: Sinhala Language and Culture Martin Wickramasinghe, 1975 |
| sinhala: The Syntax of Focus and Wh-questions in Sinhala S. M. Kariyakarawana, 1998 |
| sinhala: Readings in Colloquial Sinhala James W. Gair, 1987 |
| sinhala: Aspects of Sinhala Folklore Jayaratna Banda Disanayaka, 1984 |
| sinhala: Sinhala Consciousness in the Kandyan Period, 1590s to 1815 Michael Roberts, 2004 |
| sinhala: The Predicament of the Sinhala People in the North and East , 2004 On the functioning of a regional government in Sri Lanka for Sinhalese people. |
| sinhala: A Survey of Sinhala Literature James De Alwis, 1966 |
| sinhala: Report of the Sinhala Commission Siṃhala Komiṣan Sabhāva, 2001 Report of a commission to inquire into the various injustices caused to the Sinhalese people during the past 300 years. |
| sinhala: An Introduction to Spoken Sinhala D. D. De Saram, 1977 |
| sinhala: Ceylon Police and Sinhala-Muslim Riots of 1915 Arthur C. Dep, 2001 |
| sinhala: The Survival Strategies of Sinhala Female-heads in Conflict-affected Eastern Sri Lanka Kanchana Ruwanpura, 2003 |
| sinhala: Mihintale, Cradle of Sinhala Buddhist Civilization Jayaratna Banda Disanayaka, 1987 |
| sinhala: Metre, Melody, and Rhythm in Sinhala Music C. de S. Kulatillake, C. da S. Kulatilaka, 1976 |
| sinhala: Let's Learn Sinhala: Vowels and their strokes Jayaratna Banda Disanayaka, 2003 |
Sinhala language - Wikipedia
Sinhala (/ ˈsɪnhələ, ˈsɪŋələ / SIN-hə-lə, SING-ə-lə; [3] Sinhala: සිංහල, siṁhala, [ˈsiŋɦələ]), [4] sometimes called Sinhalese (/ ˌsɪn (h) əˈliːz, ˌsɪŋ (ɡ) əˈliːz / SIN- (h)ə-LEEZ, SING- (g)ə …
Sinhala alphabet, pronunciation and language - Omniglot
Sinhala is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 16 million Sinhalese people in Sri Lanka. It also used as a second language by another 3 million people belonging to other ethnic groups …
ප්රධාන පුවත් - BBC News සිංහල
ශ්රී ලංකාව සම්බන්ධ නැවුම් පුවත්, අලුත්ම පුවත්, ක්රිකට්, විශේෂ සම්මුඛ සාකච්ඡා, හඬපට, වීඩියෝ පට, ප්රවෘත්ති විශ්ලේෂණ, විශේෂාංග, කාලීන …
Learn Sinhala Online (සිංහල) - World Language Library
Learning Sinhala offers a gateway to understanding the rich cultural heritage of Sri Lanka, including its literature, traditional arts, and deep-rooted spiritual practices, providing a unique …
Sinhalese language | Sri Lanka, Indo-Aryan, Pali | Britannica
Sinhalese language, Indo-Aryan language, one of the two official languages of Sri Lanka. It was taken there by colonists from northern India about the 5th century bc. Because of its isolation …
Sinhala language - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sinhala or Sinhalese, [2] earlier referred to as Singhalese, is the language of the Sinhalese. They are largest ethnic group of Sri Lanka. It belongs to the Indo-Aryan language family. Sinhala …
Sinhalese ~ සිංහල - Wikibooks, open books for an open world
Dec 25, 2024 · Sinhala (සිංහල), also known as Sinhalese in English, is the native language of the Sinhalese people who constitute approximately 75% of the population of Sri Lanka and …
A Complete Overview of the Sinhala Language
Sinhala is the official language of Sri Lanka, alongside Tamil, as stipulated in the Sri Lankan Constitution. It is used in government, education, media, and everyday communication. …
SINHALA (LANGUAGE OF SRI LANKA’S SINHALESE): …
The Sinhala language came to Sri Lanka with the original migrants from North India who are traditionally considered to be the founders of the Sinhala nation. They spoke Indo-Aryan …
Sinhala - The Languages
Sinhala, also known as Sinhalese, is the native language of the Sinhala people, the largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka. It is an Indo-Aryan language and one of the two official languages of Sri …
Sinhala language - Wikipedia
Sinhala (/ ˈsɪnhələ, ˈsɪŋələ / SIN-hə-lə, SING-ə-lə; [3] Sinhala: සිංහල, siṁhala, [ˈsiŋɦələ]), [4] sometimes called Sinhalese (/ ˌsɪn (h) əˈliːz, ˌsɪŋ (ɡ) əˈliːz / SIN- (h)ə-LEEZ, SING- (g)ə-LEEZ), is …
Sinhala alphabet, pronunciation and language - Omniglot
Sinhala is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 16 million Sinhalese people in Sri Lanka. It also used as a second language by another 3 million people belonging to other ethnic groups in Sri …
ප්රධාන පුවත් - BBC News සිංහල
ශ්රී ලංකාව සම්බන්ධ නැවුම් පුවත්, අලුත්ම පුවත්, ක්රිකට්, විශේෂ සම්මුඛ සාකච්ඡා, හඬපට, වීඩියෝ පට, ප්රවෘත්ති …
Learn Sinhala Online (සිංහල) - World Language Library
Learning Sinhala offers a gateway to understanding the rich cultural heritage of Sri Lanka, including its literature, traditional arts, and deep-rooted spiritual practices, providing a unique perspective …
Sinhalese language | Sri Lanka, Indo-Aryan, Pali | Britannica
Sinhalese language, Indo-Aryan language, one of the two official languages of Sri Lanka. It was taken there by colonists from northern India about the 5th century bc. Because of its isolation …
Sinhala language - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sinhala or Sinhalese, [2] earlier referred to as Singhalese, is the language of the Sinhalese. They are largest ethnic group of Sri Lanka. It belongs to the Indo-Aryan language family. Sinhala has two …
Sinhalese ~ සිංහල - Wikibooks, open books for an open world
Dec 25, 2024 · Sinhala (සිංහල), also known as Sinhalese in English, is the native language of the Sinhalese people who constitute approximately 75% of the population of Sri Lanka and number …
A Complete Overview of the Sinhala Language
Sinhala is the official language of Sri Lanka, alongside Tamil, as stipulated in the Sri Lankan Constitution. It is used in government, education, media, and everyday communication. Sinhala is …
SINHALA (LANGUAGE OF SRI LANKA’S SINHALESE): HISTORY, …
The Sinhala language came to Sri Lanka with the original migrants from North India who are traditionally considered to be the founders of the Sinhala nation. They spoke Indo-Aryan …
Sinhala - The Languages
Sinhala, also known as Sinhalese, is the native language of the Sinhala people, the largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka. It is an Indo-Aryan language and one of the two official languages of Sri …
