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| Sinhalese make up a majority of ], who probably came from Northern India. They speak the ], an Indo-Aryan language. According to legend, they may have descended from King Vijaya and his party of several hundred that set foot on the island around ]. | Sinhalese make up a majority of ], who probably came from Northern India. They speak the ], an Indo-Aryan language. According to legend, they may have descended from King Vijaya and his party of several hundred that set foot on the island around ]. | ||
| They are generally considered to be a ] ], but display some traits of their ] neighbours (Australoid with strong Caucasoid traits), possibly due to assimilation of Tamils. | They are generally considered to be a ] ], but display some traits of their ] neighbours (Australoid with strong Caucasoid traits), possibly due to assimilation of Tamils. | ||
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Sinhalese make up a majority of Sri Lanka, who probably came from Northern India. They speak the Sinhala, an Indo-Aryan language. According to legend, they may have descended from King Vijaya and his party of several hundred that set foot on the island around 500 BC.
They are generally considered to be a Caucasoid race, but display some traits of their Dravidian neighbours (Australoid with strong Caucasoid traits), possibly due to assimilation of Tamils.