OLAC resources in and about the Sinhala language

ISO 639-3: sin

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

• Primary texts
• Lexical resources
• Language descriptions
• Other resources about the language
• Other resources in the language

Other known names and dialect names: Chingalese, Cingalese, Rodiya, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhalese

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Primary texts

1. ONLINEThe Holy Bible (Sinhala Union Version). The Long Now Foundation. 1938. The Ceylon Bible Society. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_sin_gen-1

Lexical resources

1. ONLINECrúbadán language data for Sinhala. Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:si
2. Sri Lanka phrasebook. Meinhold, Margit. 1987. Lonely Planet language survival kit. oai:gial.edu:20506
3. ONLINEConcreteness and imageability lexicon MEGA.HR-Crossling. Ljubešić, Nikola. 2018. Jožef Stefan Institute. oai:www.clarin.si:11356/1187

Language descriptions

1. ONLINEGlottolog 3.3 Resources for Sinhala. n.a. 2018. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. oai:glottolog.org:sinh1246
2. ONLINEPHOIBLE Online phonemic inventories for Sinhala. n.a. 2014. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:phoible.org:sin
3. ONLINEPHOIBLE 2.0 phonemic inventories for Sinhala. n.a. 2019. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. oai:phoible.org:sinh1246
4. ONLINEThe World's Wrtiting Systems. Daniels, Peter T.; Bright, William. 1996. New York: Oxford University Press. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_sin_ortho-1
5. ONLINEThe World's Wrtiting Systems. Daniels, Peter T.; Bright, William. 1996. New York: Oxford University Press. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_sin_ortho-2
6. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Sinhala. n.a. 2008. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:snh
7. ONLINELAPSyD Online page for Sinhala. Maddieson, Ian. 2009. www.lapsyd.ddl.cnrs.fr. oai:www.lapsyd.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr:src553

Other resources about the language

1. ONLINESinhala. Gair, James W.; Paolillo, John C. 1997. Lincom Europa. oai:refdb.wals.info:3579
2. ONLINEEinführung in die singhalesische Sprache. Matzel, Klaus. 1966. Harrassowitz. oai:refdb.wals.info:3674
3. ONLINELexical anaphors and pronouns in Sinhala. Gair, James W.; Karunatillake, W. S. 2000. Lexical anaphors and pronouns in selected South Asian Languages. A Principled Typology. oai:refdb.wals.info:3763
4. ONLINEA Grammar of the Sinhalese Language. Geiger, Wehelm. 1938. The Royal Asiatic Society, Ceylon Branch. oai:refdb.wals.info:3836
5. ONLINEColloquial Sinhalese Clause Structures. Gair, James W. 1970. Mouton. oai:refdb.wals.info:4077
6. ONLINESelections from The Verb in Sinhala, with Some Preliminary Remarks on Dravidianization. Gair, James W. 1998. Studies in South Asian Linguistics, Sinhala and other South Asian Languages. oai:refdb.wals.info:4519
7. ONLINESinhalese: an introductory course. Reynolds, C. H. B. 1980. School of Oriental and African Studies. oai:refdb.wals.info:4791
8. ONLINESinhalese: an Introductory Course. Reynolds, C. H. B. 1995. School of Oriental and African Studies. oai:refdb.wals.info:5525
9. ONLINELes langages de l'humanité: une encyclopédie des 3000 langues parlées dans le monde. Malherbe, Michael; Rosenberg, S. 1996. Laffont. oai:refdb.wals.info:5673
10. A colloquial Sinhalese reader : in phonetic transcription; (with an introduction on the phonetics of Sinhalese). Perera, Henry Samuel. 1919. Manchester : University Press ; London : Longmans, Green and Co. oai:gial.edu:1566
11. ONLINESri Lanka Portuguese and Sinhala religious songs. Hugo (researcher); Hugo (recorder); Mahesh (recorder); Patrícia (recorder); Anton R (consultant); Jesima (consultant). 2017-11-13. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1266232
12. ONLINEPerformance of Afro-Sri Lankan music, song and dance. Hugo (researcher); Hugo (recorder); Kalpitiya group. 2017-02-18. Endangered Languages Archive. oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI1102807
13. ONLINESinhala: a language of Sri Lanka. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:sin
14. ONLINEUniversal Declaration of Human Rights. n.a. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_sin_undec-1
15. ONLINEworking files. n.a. n.d. MPI corpora : Evolutionary Processes in Language and Culture : EOSS. oai:www.mpi.nl:lat_1839_00_0000_0000_0021_2141_5
16. ONLINEB060115sin01. Sebastian Nordhoff (researcher); Ruwin Mahamoor (consultant). n.d. DoBeS archive : Sri Lanka Malay. oai:www.mpi.nl:lat_1839_00_0000_0000_0007_F996_4
17. ONLINEfinal data. n.a. n.d. MPI corpora : Evolutionary Processes in Language and Culture : EOSS. oai:www.mpi.nl:lat_1839_00_0000_0000_0021_213F_E
18. ONLINErecordings. n.a. n.d. MPI corpora : Evolutionary Processes in Language and Culture : EOSS. oai:www.mpi.nl:lat_1839_00_0000_0000_0021_2140_C
19. ONLINEB060115sin02. Ruwin Mahamoor (consultant); Sebastian Nordhoff (researcher). n.d. DoBeS archive : Sri Lanka Malay. oai:www.mpi.nl:lat_1839_00_0000_0000_0007_F997_3
20. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Sinhalese. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2019-03-21. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_sin

Other resources in the language

1. ONLINEThe EMILLE/CIIL Corpus. n.a. 2004. ELRA (European Language Resources Association). oai:catalogue.elra.info:ELRA-W0037
2. ONLINEThe EMILLE Lancaster Corpus. n.a. 2004. ELRA (European Language Resources Association). oai:catalogue.elra.info:ELRA-W0038
3. ONLINEPlaintext Wikipedia dump 2018. Rosa, Rudolf. 2018. Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics (UFAL). oai:lindat.mff.cuni.cz:11234/1-2735

Other known names and dialect names: Chingalese, Cingalese, Rodiya, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhalese

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