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| Selected languages: | Sinhalese |
| UPSID number: | 2020 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Indo-European, Indic |
| The languages has | 36 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [p] [b] [t̪] [d̪] [ʈ] [ɖ] [k] [ɡ] [s] [ʃ] [ɸ] [cç] [ɟʝ] [ɾ] [l] [ʋ] [j] [m] [n] [ɲ] [ŋ] [ɪ] [iː] [ʊ] [uː] [eː] [oː] [e̞] [əː] [ə] [o̞] [æː] [a] [äː] [ɑ] [ɦ] |
| Comments: | Sinhala is spoken in all parts of Sri Lanka, |
| Sources: | Coates, W.A. and da Silva, M.W.S. 1960. The segmental |