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Historically, the term "Songhai" did not denote an ethnic or linguistic identity but referred to the ruling caste of the Songhay Empire known as the Songhaiborai. [8] However, the correct term used to refer to this group of people collectively by the natives is "Ayneha".
The language, society and culture of the Songhai people is barely distinguishable from the Zarma people. [14] Some scholars consider the Zarma people to be a part of and the largest ethnic sub-group of the Ayneha. [15] Some study the group together as Zarma-Songhai people. [16] [17] However, both groups see themselves as two different peoples. [14]
6 Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka. 7 Colombo Chetties. 8 See also. Toggle the table of contents. List of Sri Lankans by ethnicity. Add languages. ... List of Sri Lankans ...
Historical population of Sri Lanka. This is a demography of the population of Sri Lanka including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the population, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Sri Lanka is an island in the Indian Ocean, also called Ceylon and many other names. It is about ...
Pages in category "Lists of Sri Lankan people by ethnicity" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... List of Indians in Sri Lanka; M.
Before 2001, they were known as the Sri Lankan Tamil ( ශ්රී ලංකා දෙමළ) caste, but then after 2001, they were classified as a separate ethnic group in the 2001 census. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] They are now collectively referred to as the Colombo Chetties.
For 15 years, Rasalingam Thilakawathi has been trying to find out what happened to her daughter at the end of Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war. The last evidence she has is a photo from a newspaper ...
Indo-Aryans form the predominant ethnolinguistic group in India (North India, East India, West India, and Central India), Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. [11] Dravidians form the predominant ethnolinguistic group in southern India, the northern and eastern regions of Sri Lanka and a small pocket of Pakistan. [12]