sub-communities such as Coast Veddas, Anuradhapura Veddas and Bintenne Veddas, are accorded indigenous status. The Vedda minority in Sri Lanka may become...
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such as Coast Veddas and Anuradhapura Veddas who do not strictly identify as Veddas also use words from the Vedda language in part for communication during...
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Coast Verdas or East Coast Veddas. Anthropologists have considered them to be at least partly descended from the Veddas of the interior of the island...
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various groups of people who claim Vedda ancestry. They are also ethnically related to Tamil speaking Coast Veddas who live in the minority Sri Lankan...
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Look up Vedda in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vedda may refer to: Vedda people, an indigenous people of Sri Lanka Vedda language, their language,...
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She is venerated as Maha Loku Kiriammaleththo by the Veddas. Other names for her varying with Veddas habitats are Indigolle Kiriamma, Unapane Kiriamma,...
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Kataragama temple (category Vedda)
The Veddas who have kept out of the mainstream culture of Sri Lanka do not subscribe to Kataragama deviyo as their deity. Unassimilated Veddas consider...
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Cyrtodactylus vedda is a species of gecko that is endemic to Sri Lanka. Cyrtodactylus vedda at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 July 2022...
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Calyptomyrmex vedda is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae, which can be found in Sri Lanka. "Calyptomyrmex vedda - Facts". AntWeb. Retrieved...
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although its use has declined and the majority now speak Sinhala. The Veddas speak Vedda, a Creole language closely based on Sinhala. Use of English has declined...
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