Proto-Sinhala
Proto-Sinhala is a hypothesized proto language spoken between the sixth and the third century BCE (500-200 BCE in modern day Sri Lanka, when Native Indo-Aryan Prakrit speakers migrated there[1], where it blended with the indigenous languages of Sri Lanka[2]).
| Proto-Sinhala | |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity | Sinhalese |
| Extinct | Third century BCE |
Indo-European
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
Due to Proto-Sinhala being a predominantly oral language, written records from this language are rare. The language eventually transitioned into Old Sinhala around the first century BCE, with written records in the Brahmi script[3], lasting until the eighth century CE[4][5][6].
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