Vedda language
E936503
The Vedda language is an endangered indigenous language of Sri Lanka spoken by the Vedda people, reflecting a unique linguistic heritage distinct from the island’s major languages.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
endangered language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sri Lankan indigenous peoples
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vedda culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | debated ⓘ |
| classificationView |
creolized form of Sinhala
ⓘ
independent pre-Sinhalese substrate language ⓘ |
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Sinhala language
ⓘ
Tamil language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentationStatus |
poorly documented
ⓘ
subject of linguistic fieldwork ⓘ |
| endangermentCause |
assimilation policies
ⓘ
intermarriage with Sinhalese ⓘ language shift to Sinhala ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Vedda people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | vedd1242 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Vedda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Veddah language ⓘ Veddic ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
animistic ritual terminology ⓘ archaic Sinhala loanwords ⓘ reduplication ⓘ unique vocabulary ⓘ |
| hasSpeakers | few hundred ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Dravidian languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sinhala language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | ved ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Sri Lanka Vedda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
unclassified language ⓘ |
| preservationEffort |
community-based revitalization
ⓘ
recording of songs and stories ⓘ |
| region | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Vedda people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bintenne area
ⓘ
Dambana NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Province NERFINISHED ⓘ North Central Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Uva Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
moribund
ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ |
| usedFor |
hunting rituals
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ ritual songs ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Sinhala script
ⓘ
no native script ⓘ |
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