Sinhala speaking countries
Sinhala is one out of two official languages in Sri Lanka but is not spoken in any other countries.Further languages in Sri Lanka are:
| Country | Region | Official language | Distribution | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | South Asia | yes | 74.0 % | 16,395,000 |
Unless otherwise described in the text, this page is about native speakers - not the total number of speakers. How many people understand or speak Sinhala as a subsequently learned language is not the subject of this page. Countries where native speakers make up only a few thousand or even a few hundred people, or countries with a percentage well below 1%, are maybe not listed here.