Sinhalese people

E55475

ethnic group indigenous people

The Sinhalese people are the largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka, historically associated with Buddhism and a distinct island culture, language, and heritage.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Sinhalese people canonical	15
Kandyan Sinhalese	3
Sinhalese	3
Sri Lankan Buddhists	3
Sinhalese Buddhists	2
Sinhala people	1
Sinhalese Australian	1
Sinhalese diaspora	1
Sri Lankan Sinhalese diaspora	1

Statements (87)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ
associatedWith	Sacred City of Anuradhapura ⓘ surface form: Anuradhapura Kingdom Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Buddhism in Sri Lanka Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) ⓘ surface form: Kandyan Kingdom Kingdom of Dambadeniya ⓘ Kingdom of Kotte ⓘ Kingdom of Ruhuna ⓘ Kingdom of Sitawaka ⓘ Polonnaruwa Kingdom ⓘ Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ Sri Lankan culture ⓘ
colonialExperience	British Ceylon ⓘ Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) ⓘ surface form: Dutch Ceylon Portuguese Ceylon ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ
cuisine	hoppers ⓘ kiribath ⓘ kottu roti ⓘ rice and curry ⓘ string hoppers ⓘ
culturalHeritage	Kandyan dance ⓘ Low Country dance ⓘ Sabaragamuwa dance ⓘ Sinhalese Buddhist culture ⓘ
demographicStatus	largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka ⓘ
diaspora	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ Italy ⓘ Middle East ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
ethnicGroupOf	Sri Lankan nation ⓘ
ethnicMajorityOf	Sri Lanka ⓘ
ethnicReligion	Theravada ⓘ surface form: Sinhalese Buddhism
ethnogenesisLocation	Sri Lanka ⓘ
historicalCapital	Sacred City of Anuradhapura ⓘ surface form: Anuradhapura Kandy ⓘ Polonnaruwa ⓘ
historicalLanguageFamily	Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
historicalReligion	Buddhism ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ
language	Sinhala ⓘ surface form: Sinhala language
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
majorityIn	Sri Lanka ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Sinhala ⓘ surface form: Sinhala language
originMyth	Vijaya legend ⓘ
politicalMovement	Sri Lankan independence movement ⓘ
populationMajorityIn	Central Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Central Province, Sri Lanka North Central Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ North Western Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka Southern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ Uva Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Uva Province, Sri Lanka Western Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
primaryReligion	Theravada ⓘ surface form: Theravada Buddhism
region	Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ Lowland Sri Lanka ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Burghers (Sri Lanka) ⓘ Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka ⓘ Malays in Sri Lanka ⓘ Moors (Sri Lanka) ⓘ Tamil people ⓘ surface form: Sri Lankan Tamils Vedda people ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Theravada ⓘ surface form: Theravada Buddhism
scriptOrigin	Brahmi script ⓘ
traditionalArchitecture	Buddhist stupas in Sri Lanka ⓘ image houses (pilimage) ⓘ
traditionalDress	national suit (Sri Lankan) ⓘ osariya (Kandyan sari) ⓘ sarong ⓘ
traditionalFestivals	Esala Perahera ⓘ Poson ⓘ Tamil New Year ⓘ surface form: Sinhala and Tamil New Year Vesak ⓘ
traditionalInstrument	Geta Beraya ⓘ Udakkiya ⓘ Yak Beraya ⓘ
traditionalMedicine	Ayurveda in Sri Lanka ⓘ
traditionalMusic	drumming ensembles ⓘ
traditionalOccupation	irrigated agriculture ⓘ paddy cultivation ⓘ
traditionalReligion	Buddhism ⓘ
writingSystem	Sinhala script ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

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

Sinhala → primaryLanguageOf → Sinhalese people ⓘ

Trincomalee → hasEthnicGroup → Sinhalese people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinhalese

Batticaloa → ethnicCommunity → Sinhalese people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinhalese

Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese people ⓘ

subject surface form: Kingdom of Kandy

this entity surface form: Sinhalese

Sinhala script → usedBy → Sinhalese people ⓘ

Udarata (Up-Country) → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Sinhalese people ⓘ

subject surface form: Udarata

this entity surface form: Kandyan Sinhalese

Indo-Aryan peoples → hasSubgroup → Sinhalese people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinhala people

Robert Knox → ethnicGroupDescribed → Sinhalese people ⓘ

Robert Senanayake → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese people ⓘ

Sri Lankan diaspora → hasEthnicGroup → Sinhalese people ⓘ

Sri Lankan diaspora → hasNotableSubgroup → Sinhalese people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Sinhalese diaspora

Sri Lankan Australian → hasSubgroup → Sinhalese people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinhalese Australian

Sri Lankan Australian → relatedGroup → Sinhalese people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinhalese diaspora

Sri Lankan Malaysians → relatedGroup → Sinhalese people ⓘ

Kandyan dance → ethnicGroup → Sinhalese people ⓘ

Poson → observedBy → Sinhalese people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Buddhists

Poson → observedBy → Sinhalese people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinhalese Buddhists

Vedda people → relatedEthnicGroup → Sinhalese people ⓘ

Geta Beraya → ethnicAssociation → Sinhalese people ⓘ

Yak Beraya → ethnicGroupAssociatedWith → Sinhalese people ⓘ

Udakkiya → ethnicAssociation → Sinhalese people ⓘ

Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka → distinctFrom → Sinhalese people ⓘ

Sri Maha Bodhi → sacredTo → Sinhalese people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Buddhists

Kandyan Wars → hasParticipant → Sinhalese people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandyan Sinhalese

Kandyan aristocracy → associatedWith → Sinhalese people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandyan Sinhalese

Sri Lankan Tamils → relatedEthnicGroup → Sinhalese people ⓘ

Sinhalese Buddhist calendar → usedBy → Sinhalese people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinhalese Buddhists

Kingdom of Raigama → hasPopulationMajority → Sinhalese people ⓘ

Tara → worshippedBy → Sinhalese people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Buddhists