Veddas
 Vedda man and child. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Between 2,500 - 6,600[1][2] (less than 0.20% of the population) (2001)[3] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Sri Lanka 2,500 (2002) | |
| Languages | |
| Vedda, Sinhala, Sri Lankan Tamil | |
| Religion | |
| Traditional animistic beliefs with Buddhism, Hinduism[1] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Sinhalese |
The vedda (Sinhala:වැද්දා, Tamil:வேடர் Vēdar) are the minority indigenous Group of people in sri lanka among other sub-communities.[4][5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.encyclopedia.com/places/asia/sri-lankan-political-geography/vedda
- ↑ "Veddah".
- ↑ Jayasuriya, S. de Silva (2000). The Portuguese Cultural Imprint on Sri Lanka. Lusotopie 2000. p. 255.
- ↑ "Vedda facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Vedda". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
- ↑ "Vedda tribe becoming extinct, Chandler's Ford Today". 2014-09-06.
Other websites
- Sri Lankan history
- Veddas of Sri Lanka Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Veddas - now only a Family name
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Group portrait of Veddah People in the forests, between 1870 and 1904.