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study using the ground-breaking technique of dental morphological analysis indicates that ancestors of the present day Sinhalese could have established the island's megalithic culture.

I have seen how you have called the Sri Lankan Tamils. I have no pity towards rascals like you. You don't belong to Sri Lanka as Damed rightly pointed out.

But at least I have something to do with Sri Lanka.

they are just kallathonis and slaves brought by the colonial masters.

Dr. Daya Hewapathirane

From historic times, the primary distinguishing characteristic of the
Sinhala people of Sri Lanka has been their Sinhala language. Their
collective identity as a distinct community is established by their
unique language. Language is the defining element of any advanced
culture and it gives the strongest form of identity to a community.
Sinhala is one of the world s oldest living languages and as a vibrant
language Sinhala has a celebrated history of over 2300 years. The
Sinhala language grew out of Indo-Aryan dialects and exists only in
Sri Lanka and has its own distinguished literary tradition. The script
used in writing Sinhala evolved from the ancient Brahmi script used in
most Aryan languages, which was introduced to the island in the 3rd
century BCE.

In 1909, the Sinhala script won international recognition from a group
of reputed international scholars as one of the world s most creative
alphabets. It has been named as one of the world s 16 most creative
alphabets among today s functioning languages, and some of them among
the oldest known to mankind.

All salient aspects of our national culture tangible and intangible,
either grew or evolved within the borders of our country. Sinhala
language and literature evolved and developed in Sri Lanka. All other
languages used in Sri Lanka originated in other countries. It is
significant to note that the overwhelming majority of people of Sri
Lanka are distinguished by their language Sinhala. Sinhala language
has not only been a means of communication for our people but also a
strong unifying influence providing solidarity and strength to the
Sinhala community as a unique cultural entity in the world. From
historic times virtually all place names of the country are in the
Sinhala language in the North, South, East, West and Central
regions.

This unifying effect has prevailed from historic times, but was
threatened to some degree with the arrival and impact of European
colonial powers, especially with the wide-ranging socio-economic
changes to which the country was subject during the British period of
occupation.