The treasury of languages

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Singhalese, Sinhalese.

The language of Ceylon. Elu, or high-Sinhalese, is Dravidian, and closely resembles Tamil; its written characters, however, are more like Canarese. Colloquial Sinhalese is largely modified by Sanskrit; Pali is the religious language of Buddhists in Ceylon. Vocaby. in Hunter’s “Comp. Dicty.” See [Cingalese].

Singhbhum.

Same as Kol; Non-Aryan language of Central India. Vocaby. in Hunter’s “Comp. Dicty.”

Singhpo or Singpho.

Singh = “lion.” Indo-Chinese: large class of dialects spoken by hill-tribes of Burmah and Assam. See “Asiatic Journal of Bengal,” 1837; and Hunter’s “Comp. Dicty.”

Singkal.

Malayan: Batta dialect of Sumatra.

Sioux.