Sinhalese

E128567

ethnic group indigenous people

The Sinhalese are the largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka, predominantly Buddhist and historically associated with the island’s Sinhala language and culture.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sinhalese canonical	51
Sinhalese American	1
Sinhalese culture	1

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ
associatedWith	Buddhist temples in Sri Lanka ⓘ Mahavamsa ⓘ surface form: Culavamsa Kandyan dance ⓘ Low Country dance ⓘ Mahavamsa ⓘ Pali Buddhist chronicles ⓘ Sabaragamuwa dance ⓘ Sinhala culture ⓘ Sinhala literature ⓘ
capitalCityOfCountry	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
censusCategory	Sinhalese (Sri Lanka Census) ⓘ
citizenshipMajority	Sri Lankan citizenship ⓘ
colonialHistory	British Ceylon ⓘ Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) ⓘ surface form: Dutch Ceylon Portuguese Ceylon ⓘ
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ
demographicStatus	largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka ⓘ
diaspora	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ Italy ⓘ Middle Eastern countries ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
ethnogenesisRegion	Sri Lanka ⓘ
historicalKingdom	Anuradhapura Kingdom ⓘ Kandyan Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Kandy Kingdom Kingdom of Kotte ⓘ surface form: Kotte Kingdom Polonnaruwa Kingdom ⓘ
language	Sinhala ⓘ surface form: Sinhala language
languageFamily	Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
largestCityOfCountry	Colombo ⓘ
majorityIn	Sri Lanka ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage	Sinhala ⓘ surface form: Sinhala language
partOf	Sri Lankan people ⓘ
politicalInfluence	dominant in Sri Lankan politics ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Sinhala ⓘ surface form: Sinhala language
region	South Asia ⓘ Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Sri Lankan Highlands Lowland Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Sri Lankan Lowlands
relatedEthnicGroup	Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka ⓘ Malays in Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Malays of Sri Lanka Moors (Sri Lanka) ⓘ surface form: Moors of Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ Vedda people ⓘ surface form: Vedda
religion	Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ Theravada ⓘ surface form: Theravada Buddhism
religiousMajorityStatus	Buddhist majority group in Sri Lanka ⓘ
religiousSite	Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara ⓘ Ruwanwelisaya ⓘ Sri Maha Bodhi ⓘ Temple of the Tooth ⓘ
religiousText	Tripitaka ⓘ surface form: Pali Canon
scriptFamily	Brahmic scripts ⓘ
selfDesignation	Sinhala ⓘ
traditionalDress	national suit ⓘ osariya ⓘ sarong ⓘ
traditionalFood	hoppers ⓘ kiribath ⓘ pol sambol ⓘ rice and curry ⓘ string hoppers ⓘ
traditionalOccupation	paddy farming ⓘ rice cultivation ⓘ
traditionalReligion	Theravada ⓘ surface form: Theravada Buddhism
writingSystem	Sinhala script ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colombo → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Sri Lanka → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Dudley Senanayake → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Sri Lankan American → relatedTo → Sinhalese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinhalese American

Southern Province, Sri Lanka → hasEthnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

South Asian ethnic groups → includesEthnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Indo-Iranian peoples → hasModernGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Eastern Province, Sri Lanka → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Sri Lankan Civil War → ethnicGroupInvolved → Sinhalese ⓘ

Kingdom of Kotte → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

King of Kandy → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Kandy → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Uva Province of Sri Lanka → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

subject surface form: Uva Province

Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka → hasEthnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

subject surface form: Sabaragamuwa Province

Maldivians → ethnicRelation → Sinhalese ⓘ

W. Dahanayake → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Vavuniya District (Tamil-speaking areas) → hasMinorityEthnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

R. G. Senanayake → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Sir John Kotelawala → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Muslim Moors → relatedGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Don Stephen → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

subject surface form: Don Stephen Senanayake

Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

subject surface form: Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Anura Bandaranaike → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Sri Lankan Canadian → ethnicOrigin → Sinhalese ⓘ

Sri Lankan British → ethnicOriginIncludes → Sinhalese ⓘ

Fredrick Richard Senanayake → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Sri Lankan Australian → ethnicOrigin → Sinhalese ⓘ

Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (as Prime Minister in 2000) → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

subject surface form: Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

Dutch Burgher → relatedGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Lowland Sri Lanka → ethnicMajority → Sinhalese ⓘ

Low Country dance → culturalContext → Sinhalese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinhalese culture

Moors (Sri Lanka) → relatedGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Burghers (Sri Lanka) → ancestry → Sinhalese ⓘ

Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka → ethnicGroupInCountry → Sinhalese ⓘ

Kingdom of Sitawaka → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Kingdom of Dambadeniya → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

North Western Province, Sri Lanka → dominantEthnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Kingdom of Ruhuna → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

North Central Province, Sri Lanka → ethnicMajority → Sinhalese ⓘ

Matale → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Kandyan Kingdom → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Badulla → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Ampara District → hasEthnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

J. R. Jayewardene → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Ranasinghe Premadasa → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Mahinda Rajapaksa → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Kataragama → hasEthnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Gampaha District → containsEthnicGroup → Sinhalese ⓘ

Mannar region → ethnicCommunities → Sinhalese ⓘ