A Sinhala-language collection of folk speech, compiled by Kalpa Eranda. The text is entirely in Sinhala, with no English translation, so readers will need to be comfortable in the language before ordering.
The material is drawn from the spoken tradition and gathered under several kinds. There are proverbs; idioms and set expressions; sayings that carry advice; riddles; and usages particular to one region or another. Together these are the everyday turns of phrase that pass between speakers rather than the formal literary language of the page.
The publisher presents it with school students in mind, as a way of widening their familiarity with folk usage — the sort of book that supports a pupil working through Sinhala language study, though the material is of interest to any Sinhala reader curious about how these expressions are grouped and recorded.
It comes from M. D. Gunasena & Co., a long-established Colombo publishing house issuing books in Sinhala and English, with a steady presence in educational and reference publishing.
- Author: Kalpa Eranda
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552122958
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