Sinhalese
Island nation's people
Sinhalese refers to the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka and their language, also called Sinhala.
The Sinhalese people make up about three-quarters of Sri Lanka's population and are predominantly Buddhist.
The language belongs to the Indo-Aryan family and has its own distinctive script.
She's learning Sinhalese before her trip to Colombo.
Tamil
South Indian language
- MoorNorthwest African Muslim people
- BuddhistFollower of Gautama's teachings
- ColomboSri Lankan capital city
Theravada · caste · diaspora · majority · minority · Ceylon · Ceylonese · islander
script
Written words for performance
Indo-Aryan · Dravidian · Tamil · Maldivian · written · spoken · literary · colloquial · diglossia · loanwords