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The Sinhala people are descendants of "lower caste" Indians traditionally known as Shudras, mostly from Bengal and Orissa regions of Northern India, and have genetic admixtures of Lankan Tamils who descended from lower caste Indian Tamils. Hence, Sinhala are mostly Australoid (which could be observed from their physical traits & skin tone) with little Caucasoid, although they speak an Indo-Aryan language.
According to a genetic admixture study by Dr. Gautam K. Kshatriya performed in 1995, Sinhala Lankans are closely related to Lankan Tamils, followed by Bengalis of India. The study also found that Sinhala, out of all the south Asian groups tested, had the least genetic affinity with western and north-western Indians.
However, sometime later, they created a whole new "Lankan caste system" that is subdivided into two major factions, namely Kandyan and southern castes. Each of these groups are further subdivided into a number of sub-castes.
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What are the two groups in conflict in Sri Lanka?
Tamil and Sinhalese
Nearly 75 percent of Sri Lanka's population is?
Sinhalese
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India
What is the most popular teledrama in India?
Diya aur baati hum as well as it is the famous teledrama of srilanka its srilankan sinhalese version is swapna
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suriyakantha ala
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no, Tamil
What is handsome in Sinhalese?
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Love is already in English. Perhaps you mean to ask for translation from English to Sinhalese instead? It is not possible at this time to write in Sinhalese on WikiAnswers. But perhaps the Related Link will be of some help.
What is the word hima come from?
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How do you say please in sinhalese?
Karunahara
Sinhalese is what religion?
sinhala buddhist
