BFSU LANGUAGE ENTRY
013 / 101Sinhala
සිංහලAt BFSU, Sinhala is among 101 approved foreign languages, connecting the university’s multilingual education with the places and cultures where the language is used.
Sri Lanka
- NATIVE NAME
- සිංහල
- WRITING SYSTEM
- Sinhala script
- AT BFSU
- One of 101 languages
LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD
See where Sinhala connects communities.
LANGUAGE REACH
Sinhala is spoken across 1 country and territory.
No. 43 of 101 languages · No. 70 by territory count
South Asia
01Sri Lanka
From daily conversation in Sri Lanka to education, literature and media, Sinhala carries the accents, vocabulary and expressions of different communities.
Population and distribution figures use Unicode CLDR 48 ↗ estimates of people able to use the language, including first- and second-language users. Recorded reach counts territories with an estimated community of at least 10,000; figures are comparative, not live counts.
AT BFSU
A language opens a wider view of the world.
BFSU places Sinhala within a multilingual programme that brings language study together with literature, history, society and regional knowledge.
The language is commonly written in Sinhala script; its literature, media and everyday expressions carry the experiences of the communities that use it.
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