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Sinhala Bible Union Old Version OV52 Margin
සිංහල
Sri Lanka Sinhalese Language
Red Edges
Maps
Publisher: The Ceylon Bible Society
Printed in 2015 in Korea
12,100 Copies Printed
Second Edition 2007 Text
1580 Pages
ISBN 9789555957670
Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) is an island nation south of India in the Indian Ocean. Its diverse landscapes range from rainforest and arid plains to highlands and sandy beaches. It’s famed for its ancient Buddhist ruins, including the 5th-century citadel Sigiriya, with its palace and frescoes. The city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka's ancient capital, has many ruins dating back more than 2,000 years.
Capitals: Colombo, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Population: 21.2 million (2016) World Bank
Currency: Sri Lankan rupee
Official languages: Sinhala, Tamil, English
Ethnic groups (2012): 74.9% Sinhalese සිංහල; 11.2% Sri Lankan Tamils; 9.2% Sri Lankan Moors; 4.2% Indian Tamils; 0.5% other
Sinhalese (/sɪnəˈliːz/), known natively as Sinhala (Sinhalese: සිංහල; siṁhala [ˈsiŋɦələ]), is the native language of the Sinhalese people, who make up the largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka, numbering about 16 million. Sinhalese is also spoken as a second language by other ethnic groups in Sri Lanka, totalling about four million. It belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. Sinhalese is written using the Sinhalese script, which is one of the Brahmic scripts, a descendant of the ancient Indian Brahmi script closely related to the Kadamba alphabet.
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