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| Sinhalese make up a majority of ], whom probably came from Northern India. They speak the ], an Indo-Aryan language. Legend has it that they descend from King Vijaya and his party of several hundred that set foot on the island around 500 BCE. | Sinhalese make up a majority of ], whom probably came from Northern India. They speak the ], an Indo-Aryan language. Legend has it that they descend 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, whom probably came from Northern India. They speak the Sinhala, an Indo-Aryan language. Legend has it that they descend from King Vijaya and his party of several hundred that set foot on the island around 500 BCE.
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.