Sinhala is spoken by 13,220,000 people: 13,190,000 in Sri Lanka, 25,000 in United Arab Emirates, 3,000 in Canada, 1,400 in Maldives, 850 in Singapore.
Publishing History
Part of the Bible was published for the first time in 1739.
The New Testament was first published in 1776.
The complete Bible was first published in 1823.
This Page
This shows the first few verses from John's Gospel in the Common Language Translation, first published in 1973 by The Ceylon Bible Society, Colombo. This page is taken from a New Testament published in 1996 by The Ceylon Bible Society, Colombo.
Part of the Bible was published for the first time in 1739.
The New Testament was first published in 1776.
The complete Bible was first published in 1823.