Sinhala OCR

Sinhala Language

The Sinhala language is an Indo-Aryan language native to the island of Sri Lanka and spoken by the Sinhalese people, it is also spoken in certain areas of India, Guyana, Suriname, Malaysia, South Africa and the English speaking countries. The language has about 16 million speakers and is the mother tongue of 13 million Sri Lankans.'Sri'Lanka' or 'Lanka' is derived from Sinhala term which means 'Land of Lions'.