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Sinhala is actually a Sanskrit term; the corresponding Middle Indic word is Sīhala; the actual Sinhala term is heḷa or eḷu. The Sanskrit and the Middle Indic words have as their first element (siṃha and sīha) the word "lion" in the respective languages. According to legend, Sinhabahu or Sīhabāhu ("Lion-arms"), was the son of a Vanga princess and a lion. He killed his father and became king of Vanga. His son Vijaya<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=366377 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr> | Sinhala is actually a Sanskrit term; the corresponding Middle Indic word is Sīhala; the actual Sinhala term is heḷa or eḷu. The Sanskrit and the Middle Indic words have as their first element (siṃha and sīha) the word "lion" in the respective languages. According to legend, Sinhabahu or Sīhabāhu ("Lion-arms"), was the son of a Vanga princess and a lion. He killed his father and became king of Vanga. His son Vijaya<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=366377 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr> | ||
<tr><td><h2>Location of Sinhala Language Speakers</h2> | <tr><td><h2>Location of Sinhala Language Speakers</h2> | ||
http://llmap.org/languages/ | http://llmap.org/languages/sin/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png | ||
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<tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2> | <tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2> |
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