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    The Sinhalese people (Sinhala: සිංහල ජනතාව, romanized: Sinhala Janathāva), also known as the Sinhalese are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group native...
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    Year of the Sinhalese people and Tamil population of Sri Lanka. It is a major anniversary celebrated by not only the Sinhalese and Tamil people but by most...
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  • This is a list of Sinhalese people by their country of domicile or origin. All communities that speak Sinhalese or spoke Sinhalese and originally came...
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  • adopted among the Sinhalese people. As a result, Perera and Fernando eventually became the most common names in Sri Lanka. Sinhalese names usually consists...
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    called Sinhalese (/ˌsɪn(h)əˈliːz, ˌsɪŋ(ɡ)əˈliːz/ SIN-(h)ə-LEEZ, SING-(g)ə-LEEZ), is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri...
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  • Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism is a Sri Lankan political ideology which combines a focus upon Sinhalese culture and ethnicity (nationalism) with an emphasis...
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    Genetic studies on the Sinhalese is part of population genetics investigating the origins of the Sinhalese population. All studies agree that there is...
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    Kingdom of Tambapanni. In Sinhalese mythology, Prince Vijaya and followers are told to be the progenitors of the Sinhalese people. However according to the...
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    Kingdom of Tambapanni. In Sinhalese mythology, Prince Vijaya and followers are told to be the progenitors of the Sinhalese people. However, according to...
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  • Sinhala (redirect from Sinhalese)
    of Sri Lanka Sinhalese people, an ethno-linguistic group native to Sri Lanka Sinhala language, the native language of the Sinhalese people Sinhala script...
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    Saurashtra people Shina people Sindhi people Sinhalese people Thari people Tharu people Thori people Tirahi people Torwali people Warli people Proto-Indo-Europeans...
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    romanized: Siṁhala Akṣara Mālāva), also known as Sinhalese script, is a writing system used by the Sinhalese people and most Sri Lankans in Sri Lanka and elsewhere...
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  • the extent of advocating intermarriage with the Sinhalese. This was not encouraged by the Sinhalese. It was not the policy of the Dutch East India Company...
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  • Tamil. At the time, Sinhala (also known as Sinhalese) was the language of Ceylon's majority Sinhalese people, who accounted for around 70% of the country's...
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  • Ananda Wedisinghe (category Sinhalese people)
    Ananda Wedisinghe (Sinhala: ආනන්ද වෙඩිසිංහ) (1970 – 29 May 2017) was a Sri Lankan motor racing legend and eight time Fox Hill Supercross motorcycle national...
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  • List of Sri Lankans by ethnicity (category Sri Lankan people by descent)
    The following is a list of Sri Lankans by ethnicity. List of Sri Lankan people...
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    mainly Sinhalese mobs attacked, burned, looted, and killed Tamil civilians. Estimates of the death toll range between 400 and 3,000, and 150,000 people became...
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  • early Sinhalese, from whom they increasingly borrowed words and synthetic features, yielding the cumulative effect that Vedda resembles Sinhalese in many...
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  • Piyumi Wijesekara (category Sinhalese people)
    Piyumi Wijesekara is an American-Sri Lankan postdoctoral research scientist. She is attached with the Radiation Biophysics Laboratory at NASA Ames Research...
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    million and is home to many cultures, languages and ethnicities. The Sinhalese people form the majority of the population, followed by the Sri Lankan Tamils...
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  • Sri Lankans in India (category Indian people of Sri Lankan descent)
    concluded Sri Lankan Civil War. There is also a small population of Sinhalese people in India, numbering about 3,500 and mostly located in Delhi and Chennai...
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    Abhisheka Wimalaweera (category Sinhalese people)
    Suhasini Abhisheka Wimalaweera (Sinhala: සුහාසිනී අභිෂේකා විමලවීර; born 11 November 1988) is a Sri Lankan singer, an entrepreneur, an indigenous skin doctor...
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  • Charles Wijewardhana (category Sinhalese people)
    Charles Wijewardhana (5 April 1948 – 4 August 2005) was a Sri Lankan police officer and rugby player. He was serving as the Superintendent of Police (SP)...
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  • the Sinhalese language spoken by members of the Rodiya community of Sri Lanka. Speakers are considered to be low-caste among the Sinhalese people. Examples...
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  • mentioned in the ancient Pali chronicles Mahavansa and Dipavansa of the Sinhalese people.[citation needed] The primary source for her life-story is the Mahavansa...
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    Sri Lanka. As per 2016, the Sinhala language is mostly spoken by the Sinhalese people, who constitute approximately 74.9% of the national population and...
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    Kumar Sangakkara (category Sinhalese people)
    for Nondescripts against Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo. The match was a Hatna Trophy semi-final...
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  • Ishara Nanayakkara (category Sinhalese people)
    Ishara Chinthaka Nanayakkara is a Sri Lankan entrepreneur and businessman. As of December 2019, he is the Richest man in Sri Lanka. He is currently serving...
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    Prince Vijaya (category 6th-century BC Sinhalese monarchs)
    the Sinhalese people. In all the versions, a prince comes to the island of Lanka and establishes a community which gives rise to the Sinhalese people. The...
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    Bandula Wijay (category Sinhalese people)
    Bandula Wijerathne (born, 1946 in Galle, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan inventor lives in USA, businessman, and diplomat. He also serves as a Professor of...
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