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Sinhala has a variety of idioms (Sinhalese: ????, r??i) and colloquial expressions that are widely used to communicate figuratively, as with any other developed language. This page also contains a list of old and popular Sinhala proverbs, which are known as prast? piru?u (???????? ??????) in Sinhala. Most of these phrases and translations can be found in the book At?ta V?kya D?paniya (???? ?????? ??????), and in the Dictionary of the Proverbs of the Sinhalese.
Video Sinhala idioms and proverbs
List of Sinhala idioms
Maps Sinhala idioms and proverbs
List of Sinhala proverbs
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Further reading
- http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=56105
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