What is Sinhala language?
{{EngvarB|date=October 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox language | name = Sinhala | altname = Sinhalese | image = සිංහල in Noto Serif Sinhala Black.svg | nativename = {{lang|si|සිංහල}}<br>''Siṁhala'' | pronunciation = {{IPA-si|ˈsiŋɦələ|IPA}} | states = [[Sri Lanka]] and [[Singapore]] | ethnicity = [[Sinhalese people]] | speakers = {{sigfig|17|4.2}} million | date = 2012 | ref = <ref name=ethnologuesinhala>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/sin|title=Sinhala|work=Ethnologue|access-date=2017-04-06}}</ref> | speakers2 = 3 million [[L2 speakers]] (2012)<ref name=ethnologuesinhala/> | familycolor = Indo-European | fam2 = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]] | fam3 = [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] | fam4 = [[Indo-Aryan languages#Southern Zone languages|Southern Zone]] | fam5 = [[Indo-Aryan languages#Insular Indic|Insular Indic]] | ancestor = [[Elu]] | dia1 = [[Vedda language|Vedda]] (perhaps a creole) | script = {{plainlist| *[[Sinhala script]] *[[Sinhala Braille]] ([[Bharati Braille]])}} | nation = {{flag|Sri Lanka}} | iso1 = si | iso2 = sin | iso3 = sin | lingua = 59-ABB-a | glotto = sinh1246 | glottorefname = Sinhala | notice = Indic | notice2 = IPA | region = Srilankan islands | map = Sinhala language distribution.svg | mapcaption= Sinhala-speaking province of Sri Lanka: dark blue is spoken by the majority; light blue is spoken along with other languages. }} '''Sinhala''' or '''Sinhalese''',<ref>{{lang|si|සිංහල}}, ISO 15919: siṁhala, pronounced [ˈsiŋhalə]</ref> earlier referred to as Singhalese, is the language of the [[Sinhalese people|Sinhalese]]. They are largest ethnic group of [[Sri Lanka]]. It belongs to the [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan language family]]. Sinhala has two varieties/forms