Secondly, several lexical words (nouns, adjectives and verbs) along with interjections ( ayiyō), ( aḍō) have also been borrowed. It is important to note that the range of borrowings goes beyond the scope to be expected for a situation where two neighbouring peoples exchange material goods: Firstly, there are many Tamil loanwords pertaining to everyday and social life (kinship terms, body parts, ordinary activities). Separated from its sister Indo-Aryan languages such as Hindi and Bengali by a large belt of Dravidian languages, Sinhala along with Dhivehi of the Maldives evolved somewhat separately.Ĭlose interaction with the Tamil language and the assimilation of Tamils into Sinhalese society contributed to the adoption of several Tamil origin words into the Sinhalese language. Sinhala is classified as an Indo-Aryan language and Tamil is classified as a Dravidian language. Sinhala words of Tamil origin came about as part of the more than 2000 years of language interactions between Sinhala and Tamil in the island of Sri Lanka, as well as through Dravidian substratum effect on the Sinhala language. Famous Five 12 Pdf Free Download Sinhala BooksĪ Great Collection of Dhamma Books in Sinhala Language Uploaded by Hela Bodu Havula Karma Vipaka Topics: Sinhala Dhamma Books, Bhavana Community Data.
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