Input (grade 8): Sinhala is the mother tongue of the Sinhalese people, who make up the largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka, numbering about 15 million. Sinhala is also spoken by other ethnic groups in Sri Lanka, totalling about 3 million.
Output (grade 8): Sinhala is spoken by about 19 million people in Sri Lanka, about 16 million of them are native speakers.