sinhalese
IPA: sɪnʌɫˈiz
Root Word: Sinhalese
noun
- (countable) A Sinhalese person: a member of the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka.
- (uncountable) The Indo-Aryan language of the Sinhalese people.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka, their Indo-Aryan language, or their culture.
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Examples of "sinhalese" in Sentences
- Most of the people are Sinhalese.
- The Evolution of the Sinhalese Script.
- However the majority are the Sinhalese.
- This is an article about the sinhalese people.
- Then it could be used in the Sinhalese article.
- That information should be in the Sinhalese article.
- The same is true for the Sinhalese and the Maldivians.
- There is no such thing as a sinhalese specific holiday.
- They are now Sinhalese words that are understood by Sinhalese speakers.
- Um, as far as I know the Sinhalese people speak the Sinhalese language.
- When the new race called sinhalese was still in its infancy (2500 years ago), Tamil Nadu was a sparsely populated area.
- Sri lanka is a sinhalese Buddhist country from the bigging yet sri lankan government several, times tried to come to peace with
- For the last 50 years there has been violaence directed against the tamils by the sinhalese governemt sponsored serial "ethinic riots".
- While a lot of sinhalese are happy with the outcome of the war, for Tamils this is not so, which should be understandable to any right minded observer of the Sri Lankan conflict
- It's true that there were child soldiers in the LTTE ... but they weren't recruited ... they joined because they felt the hatred for the government in their hearts caused by the sinhalese oppression.
- Tamils suffered more under corrupt sinhalese politician & military than under LTTE .... ofcours you won't know co you choose to read what you like! oooh and yes someone in ... indi. ca » Rhizomatic Exhibition At National Gallery | Thinkers Bank:
- LTTE militants 1: 45 The Sri Lankan army was their enemy now they raise their national flag singing the sinhalese national anthem 2: 11 LTTE training camps in 1990 2: 52 Sri Lanka final war scenes 3: 53 Interview with ex-LTTE child soldier 7: 10 Bernadine Anderson Volunteer
- Sri lanka is a sinhalese Buddhist country from the bigging yet sri lankan government several, times tried to come to peace with LTTE "rebels", When you visit sri lanka like me u will see tamil people live happly in sri lanka, for an example cities like "wallawatha" or colombo 07,
- A Colombo where young people dress in sarees, paavada, sarongs and handloom cloths .. stick to the staple foods of kiribath, rice and maalu sodhi .. where all schools regardless of government or not teach sinhalese and tamil as first lingos, and make sri lankan geography and history compulsory ..?