Category: LanguagePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

භාෂාව

/bhaashaawa/Roman

English meaning: Language

Sinhala Definition

(සිංහල)

භාෂාව යනු ජනතාව අතර සන්නිවේදනයේ ක්‍රමයයි.

English Definition

A system of communication used by a community, consisting of sounds, words, and grammar.

Example

සිංහල ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ නිල භාෂාවකි.

In English: Sinhala is an official language of Sri Lanka.

Literary Heritage

සිංහල භාෂාව අපේ ජාතියේ ආත්මය, ඒ රැකීම අපේ ගෞරවයයි.

/siṃhala bhāṣāva apē jātiyē ātmaya, ē rækīma apē gauravayayī./

The Sinhala language is our nation's soul; protecting it is our honour.

Gunadasa Amarasekara · Novelist and Cultural Critic · 1929–2022

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Language
සිංහල
Sinhala
Script
Sinhala
Family
Indo-Aryan
Speakers
17M
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