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Vedda

The Vedda (Sinhala: වැද්දා ; Tamil: வேடர் (Vēḍar)), or Wanniyalaeto, are a minority indigenous group of people in Sri Lanka who, among other sub-communities such as Coast Veddas, Anuradhapura Veddas and Bintenne Veddas, are accorded indigenous status. The Vedda minority in Sri Lanka may become completely assimilated. Most speak Sinhala instead of their…

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Vedda

Nodes106
Edges105
Triples174
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018868
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related to Bibliography · 29
Vedda → Aboriginal, An Ethnolinguistic Handbook, Anthropological Linguistics, Anuradhapura, Brenda, Brill Academic Publishers, Brow, Cambridge University Press, Ceylon, Charles, Dharmadasa, February, George, Greater Himalayan Region, Himalayas, ISBN, James, January, JSTOR, Languages
related to Language · 21
Vedda → Anuradhapura Veddas, Coast Veddas, Communities, Creole, Dambana, Early, In, Indo-Aryan, Indo-European, Initially, Instead, Later, Likewise, Per, Phonologically, Sinhala, Sinhalese, The, Veddas, When
related to Current status · 17
Vedda → Accelerated Mahaweli Development Project, Between, Dr, However, In, Indigenous Populations, Land, Maduru Oya National Park, Middle East, Some, Sri Lanka, Subsequently, Thus, United Nations Working Group, Vedda Chief Thissahamy, Veddas, Wiveca Stegeborn
related to Genetics · 17
Vedda → DNA, Groups, In, Indian, Indian Tamils, It, Low-country Sinhalese, Sinhalese, South Asian, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan, Sri Lankan Tamils, The Vedda, Their, They, This, Veddas
related to Livelihood · 14
Vedda → Amongst, Another Vedda, Cactus, East Coast Veddas, Entada, Fish, Game, Hena, Many Veddas, Sri Lanka, The Veddas, They, Veddas, Venison
related to Religion · 11
Vedda → Buddhism, Hinduism, Kande Yakka, One, Sinhala-speaking Veddas, Tamilized, The, The Sinhalized, There, Veddahs, Veddas
related to Burial · 9
Vedda → At, Certain, Opuntia, Personal, Since, The, The Veddas, This, Trema
related to Rituals · 9
Vedda → Although, Diya, In Vedda, It, Monogamy, Moor, Sinhalese, They, This
related to Cult of the dead · 7
Vedda → At, In, John Bailey, The Vedda, The Veddas, Veddahs, Western
related to Etymology · 7
Vedda → Ethnonyms, Tamil, Vadda, Vaddo, Veddah, Veddha, Vēdan

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veddas sinhala sri also lanka sinhalese language tamil lankan found groups populations dead study group indigenous asian many east time

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Veddais adialect of Sinhala or an independent language0.90text
Coast Veddasinstance ofamong other sub-communities0.80text
Anuradhapura Veddasinstance ofamong other sub-communities0.80text
Bintenne Veddasinstance ofamong other sub-communities0.80text
are accorded indigenous statusinstance ofamong other sub-communities0.80text
Vedda-galainstance ofPlace-names0.80text
Coast Veddasinstance ofCommunities0.80text
Anuradhapura Veddasinstance ofCommunities0.80text
who do not identify themselves strictly as Veddasinstance ofCommunities0.80text
also use Vedda language for communication during huntinginstance ofCommunities0.80text
or for religious chantsinstance ofCommunities0.80text
second person pronounsinstance ofit has reduced and simplified many forms of Sinhala0.80text

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