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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:language
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gptkbp:alphabet
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Sinhalese alphabet
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gptkbp:autonym
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gptkb:සිංහල
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gptkbp:descendedFrom
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gptkb:Elu
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gptkbp:endonym
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gptkb:සිංහල
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gptkbp:gender
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no grammatical gender
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gptkbp:glottologCode
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sinh1246
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gptkbp:hasAgglutinativeFeatures
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yes
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gptkbp:hasCaseSystem
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yes
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gptkbp:hasConsonants
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no
12 vowels
18 basic consonants
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gptkbp:hasDialects
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gptkb:Low-country_Sinhalese
gptkb:Up-country_Sinhalese
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gptkbp:hasLoanwordsFrom
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gptkb:Pali
gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkb:Tamil
Dutch
English
Portuguese
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gptkbp:hasPhonology
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aspirated vs unaspirated stops
retroflex vs dental stops
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gptkbp:honorificPrefix
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yes
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sinhalese language
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gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code
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si
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gptkbp:ISO639-3
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single
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gptkbp:languageFamily
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gptkb:Indo-European_languages
gptkb:Indo-Iranian_languages
gptkb:Indo-Aryan_languages
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gptkbp:linguisticTypology
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subject–object–verb
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gptkbp:nativeName
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gptkb:සිංහල
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gptkbp:notableBook
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yes
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gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers
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~17 million (native)
~3 million (second language)
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gptkbp:officialLanguage
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gptkb:Sri_Lanka
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gptkbp:recordedAt
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3rd century BCE
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gptkbp:regulates
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Official Languages Commission of Sri Lanka
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gptkbp:spokenIn
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gptkb:Sri_Lanka
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gptkbp:supportsLanguage
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si
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gptkbp:usedAs
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Divine Liturgy
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gptkbp:usedBy
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gptkb:Sinhalese_people
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gptkbp:usedIn
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gptkb:Sri_Lankan_government
Buddhist scripture
Sri Lankan education
Sri Lankan media
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gptkbp:writingSystem
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left-to-right
Sinhalese script
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Elu_Prakrit
gptkb:Pāli
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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