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 Sinhalese poster for GCE Advanced Level Political science tuition class in Matale. The main text (in blue) reads dēśapālana vidyāva Jayasēna Beligala. The first two words mean "political science", the latter two are the tutor's name. |
The Sinhalese people are the majority population of the island of Sri Lanka. They constitute 74.5% of the Sri Lankan population and number approximately 15 million. The Sinhalese identity is based on language, historical heritage and religion. The Sinhalese speak Sinhala, an Indo-Aryan language, and are predominantly Theravada Buddhists, although a small but significant percentage of Sinhalese follow branches of Christianity. The Sinhalese are mostly found in North central, Central, South and West Sri Lanka. According to legend they are the descendants of the exiled Prince Vijaya who arrived from North-East India to Sri Lanka in 543 BCE.
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| Department of Census and Statistics-Sri Lanka Department of Census and Statistics-Sri Lanka www.statistics.gov.lk/population/index.htm - Web |
| Ethnologue-Sinhala, a language of Sri Lanka Ethnologue-Sinhala, a language of Sri Lanka www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=sin - Web |
| CIA Factbook-Sri Lanka CIA Factbook-Sri Lanka www.cia.gov/.../ce.html#People - Web |
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| Sinhalese Sinhalese www.everyculture.com/wc/Rwanda-to-Syria/Sinhalese.html - Web |
| Who are the Sinhalese Who are the Sinhalese www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/sinhalese.html - Web |
| Sinhala Music Radio Sinhala Music Radio www.tharu.net - Web |
