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An Alu polymorphism analysis by Mastana S (2007) found a North West Indian contribution (20-23%). [11] Analysis of X chromosome STRs by Perera et al., (2011) showed that the Sinhalese, Sri Lankan Tamil, Moor and Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka, share affinities with the Bhil (an Indigenous group) of North West India. [12]
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. [ 55 ] [ 56 ] Sinhala developed in a way different from the other Indo-Aryan languages because of the geographic separation from its Indo-Aryan sister languages.
A recent genetic study has found indigenous Vedda people to probably be the earliest inhabitants of Sri Lanka. [18] The Vedda people’s mitochondrial sequences were found to be more related to the Sinhalese and Sri Lankan Tamils than to the Indian Tamils. [ 18 ]
The researcher into genealogy in Sri Lanka (as in the rest of the Indian subcontinent) faces a significant problem due to the lack of reliable source material.Unlike in the West, where there has been a long tradition of documenting genealogical data (i.e.: births, marriages and deaths) from very early times, in Sri Lanka it is only after the advent of the Portuguese that such information was ...
Teeth were found under rock over which 80,000 years old stalagmites had grown. [19] Africa, North Africa: Libya: 80–65: Haua Fteah: Fragments of 2 mandibles discovered in 1953 [20] Asia, South Asia: Sri Lanka: 70–66: population genetics: Genetic evidence suggests first settlement 70–66 kya. Available fossil evidence from Sri Lanka has ...
Lesotho [a], formally the Kingdom of Lesotho, formerly known as Basutoland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.As an enclave of South Africa, with which it shares a 1,106 km (687 mi) border, [8] it is the largest sovereign enclave in the world, and the only one outside of the Italian Peninsula.
Ethnic group Sotho people Basotho King Moshoeshoe I, founder of the Southern Basotho Nation of Lesotho, with his Ministers. Total population c. 7,254,315 (2023 est.) Regions with significant populations South Africa 5,103,205 Lesotho 2,130,110 Botswana 11,000 Eswatini 6,000 Namibia 4,000 Languages Sesotho IsiXhosa, IsiZulu, English, Afrikaans Religion Christianity, Modimo Related ethnic groups ...
Lesotho people of South African descent (1 P) This page was last edited on 31 January 2024, at 07:36 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...