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Christopher Hanby Baillie Reynolds (29 July 1922 – 3 April 2015) was the first British academic to study the Maldivian language. [ 1 ] He wrote the first English-Maldivian dictionary : [ 2 ] this complied with the Maldive Government's 1970's then Roman- transliteration scheme.
Sinhala (/ ˈ s ɪ n h ə l ə, ˈ s ɪ ŋ ə l ə / SIN-hə-lə, SING-ə-lə; [2] Sinhala: සිංහල, siṁhala, [ˈsiŋɦələ]), [3] sometimes called Sinhalese (/ ˌ s ɪ n (h) ə ˈ l iː z, ˌ s ɪ ŋ (ɡ) ə ˈ l iː z / SIN-(h)ə-LEEZ, SING-(g)ə-LEEZ), is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka, who make up the largest ethnic group on the ...
This is a list of Sinhalese people by their country of domicile or origin. All communities that speak Sinhalese or spoke Sinhalese and originally came from Sri Lanka are included. All communities that speak Sinhalese or spoke Sinhalese and originally came from Sri Lanka are included.
Sinhalese girl in Osariya Sinhalese girls in traditional Kandyan dancing costume. Sinhalese culture is a unique one dating as far back as 2600 years and has been nourished by Theravada Buddhism. Its main domains are sculpture, fine arts, literature, dancing, poetry and a wide variety of folk beliefs and rituals traditionally.
This includes at least three Sri Lankan ethnic groups in New Zealand: the Sinhalese, Sri Lankan Tamil and Burghers. Sri Lankans in New Zealand span over 140 years emigration . In 2013 there were 9,579 Sri Lankans in New Zealand [ 2 ] and increased to 16,830 by 2018.
Reynolds, Frank; Carbine, Jason A. The Life of Buddhism, Life of Religion- Volume 1.Berkeley University of California Press. Scott, David. Formations of Ritual: Colonial and Anthropological Discourses on the Sinhala Yaktovil.
Mass murder of Sinhalese (21 P) W. Sinhalese women (12 P) Pages in category "Sinhalese people" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 866 ...
Bengali, Odia, and Sinhalese people have had trading connections with Dhivehi people in the past. Scholars conjecture that the ancestors of Maldivian people arrived in the Maldives from North West and West India, from Kalibangan between 2500 and 1700 BC [18] [failed verification] and that they formed a distinct ethnic group around the 6th ...