Sinhalese people

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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.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Sinhalese 3
Kandyan Sinhalese 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 (6)

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

subject surface form: Udarata
this entity surface form: Kandyan Sinhalese
Batticaloa → ethnicCommunity → Sinhalese people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sinhalese
subject surface form: Kingdom of Kandy
this entity surface form: Sinhalese
Trincomalee → hasEthnicGroup → Sinhalese people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sinhalese
Sinhala → primaryLanguageOf → Sinhalese people ⓘ
Sinhala script → usedBy → Sinhalese people ⓘ