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Sinhala is an Indo-Aryan language within the broader group of Indo-European languages. [18] The early form of the language was brought to Sri Lanka by the ancestors of the Sinhalese people from northern India who settled on the island in the sixth century BCE.
The domestic castes of barbers and dhobies were the respective Sinhalese Ambattaya and Hinnava, and Tamil Ambattar and Vannar. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Political power and wealth have largely replaced caste as the main factor in Sri Lankan social stratification, especially in the Sinhalese and Indian Tamil communities. [ 13 ]
Pages in category "Sinhalese castes" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bathgama; Berava (caste)
The southwestern coast had three other castes (the Salagama, the Durava and the Karava) in addition to the majority Govigama, which was common throughout the region. Some of these castes' ancestors are believed to have migrated from Southern India and have become important in the Sinhalese social system.
It became common practice for cinnamon peelers' children to be registered under the names of other castes in order to spare them a life of ever-growing misery. [citation needed] The census of 1824 identified the Salagamas as about 7.5% of the coastal Sinhalese population. However, they were concentrated in the Galle district, where about half ...
Rodi or Rodiya (lit., filth) are an untouchable social group or caste amongst the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka. [1] Their status was very similar to all the Untouchable castes of India with segregated communities, ritualised begging, economically weakest section of the society.
Govigama (also known as Goyigama, Govikula, Govi Vansa or Goyi Vansa) [1] is a Sinhalese caste found in Sri Lanka. They form approximately half of the Sinhalese population and are traditionally involved in agriculture. [2] The term Govigama became popular during the last period of the Sinhalese Kingdom of Kandy.
Berava are a social group or caste amongst the Sinhalese of Sri Lanka.Like the Paraiyar of the neighboring Tamil ethnic group in Sri Lanka as well as Tamil Nadu state in South India, they were segregated from the mainstream society, yet played and still play an important and vital role in the religious rituals of the mainstream community.