![]() Sinhabahu killed his father who was harming the people of Kalinga and became the king of Kalinga. ![]() It belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages, and has been influenced by Dravidian languages such as Tamil and less so from a few other Indo-European languages: English, Dutch, and Portuguese.Īccording to legend, Sinhabahu or Sīhabāhu (meaning, "Lion-arms") was the son of a princess of the Kalinga Kingdom and Sinha* (meaning, "Lion" *he is described as a lion ). Sanskrit and Pali are ancestor languages of Sinhala. It has evolved over the course of more than 2,300 years. Sinhala is also spoken as a second language by about three million people from other ethnic groups in Sri Lanka. 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 greater than 15 million.
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