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ᱥᱤᱸᱜᱽᱞᱤ ᱦᱚᱲ

ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱯᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ, ᱨᱟᱲᱟ ᱜᱮᱭᱟᱱ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ

ᱥᱤᱸᱜᱽᱞᱤ ᱦᱚᱲ (Sinhala: සිංහල ජනතාව, romanized: Sinhala Janathāva) ᱫᱚ ᱥᱨᱤᱞᱚᱝᱠᱟ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱤᱱᱫᱳ-ᱟᱨᱡᱚ ᱡᱟᱹᱛᱤ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱾ ᱱᱩᱠᱩ ᱫᱚ ᱦᱮᱞᱟ ᱦᱚᱲ (Sinhala: හෙළ) ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱠᱚ ᱵᱟᱰᱟᱭᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱱᱩᱠᱩ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱨᱤᱞᱚᱝᱠᱟ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱗᱕% ᱦᱚᱲ ᱮᱞ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱠᱚ᱾ ᱱᱩᱠᱩᱣᱟᱜ ᱞᱮᱠᱷᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱑᱖.᱒ ᱢᱤᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱜᱟᱱ᱾ ᱥᱤᱸᱜᱽᱞᱤ ᱤᱰᱮᱱᱴᱤᱴᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ, ᱟᱹᱨᱤᱪᱟᱹᱞᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱡᱟᱹᱛᱨᱤᱭᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱛᱮ ᱦᱮᱡ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱞᱤ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱠᱚ ᱥᱤᱸᱜᱽᱞᱤ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱤᱱᱫᱳ-ᱟᱨᱡᱚ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱛᱮᱠᱚ ᱨᱚᱲᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱟᱥᱚᱠᱟᱭ ᱛᱮ ᱛᱷᱮᱨᱟᱵᱟᱫᱟ ᱵᱩᱫᱫᱷᱚ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱠᱚ, ᱢᱮᱱᱠᱷᱟᱱ ᱥᱤᱸᱜᱽᱞᱤ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱠᱚᱫᱚ ᱤᱥᱟᱹᱭ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ ᱟᱨ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱾ ᱑᱘᱑᱕ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱩᱱᱠᱩ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱨᱭᱟ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱧ ᱨᱮ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱧ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ: ᱛᱟᱞᱢᱟ ᱵᱩᱨᱩ ᱴᱚᱴᱷᱟ ᱨᱮ 'ᱯᱷᱮᱨ-ᱠᱮᱸᱰᱨᱤ ᱥᱤᱸᱜᱽᱞᱤ' ᱟᱨ ᱫᱚᱨᱮᱭᱟ ᱴᱚᱴᱷᱟ ᱨᱮ 'ᱯᱷᱮᱨ-ᱠᱮᱸᱰᱨᱤ ᱥᱤᱸᱜᱽᱞᱤ' ᱾ ᱟᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱱᱟᱨ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱧ ᱜᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱛᱮᱠᱚ ᱨᱚᱲᱟ, ᱩᱱᱠᱩ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱷᱮᱜᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱮᱜᱟᱨ ᱟᱹᱨᱤᱪᱟᱹᱞᱤ ᱠᱚ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱠᱟᱛᱮᱜ ᱵᱷᱮᱜᱟᱨ ᱜᱮᱭᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱾

Sinhalese people
සිංහල ජනතාව
Traditional Sinhalese Marriage Ceremony
ᱜᱩᱴ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱮᱞ
ᱜᱚᱴᱟᱜᱩᱴᱤ 17 million[]
ᱰᱷᱮᱨ ᱧᱚᱜ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱮᱞ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱠᱚ ᱴᱚᱴᱷᱟ
 Sri Lanka16.2 million (74.9%) (2012)[]
ᱪᱷᱟᱸᱪ:Country data Italy108,069 (2022)[]
 Australia58,166 (2021)[]
 United States~41,000 (2016)[]
 Canada33,050 (2021)[]
 Singapore~17,000[]
 United Kingdom14,731 (2021)[]
 New Zealand9,171 (2018)[]
 India~5,300[᱑᱐]
 Malaysia~4,700[᱑᱑]
ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱠᱚ
Sinhala
ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ
Predominantly: Theravada Buddhism (94%)[᱑᱒]
Minority: Christianity (6%)[᱑᱓]
ᱥᱩᱯᱩᱨ ᱥᱟᱹᱜᱟᱹᱭᱟᱱ ᱡᱟᱹᱛ ᱠᱚ
South Asian ethnic groups[᱑᱔]

ᱢᱚᱦᱟᱵᱷᱚᱢᱥᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱤᱯᱟᱵᱷᱚᱢᱥᱟ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ, ᱥᱨᱤᱞᱚᱝᱠᱟ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱟᱱᱩᱨᱟᱫᱷᱩᱯᱩᱨᱟ ᱢᱚᱦᱟ ᱵᱤᱦᱟᱨᱚᱭᱟ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱵᱩᱫᱫᱷᱚ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱢᱚᱱᱛᱨᱤ ᱠᱚ ᱯᱟᱞᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱛᱮ ᱚᱞ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱯᱮ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱯᱮ ᱥᱟᱭ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱠᱟ.ᱦᱱᱤ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱥᱤᱸᱜᱽᱞᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱕᱔᱓ BCE ᱨᱮ ᱥᱤᱝᱦᱚᱯᱩᱨᱟ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱦᱮᱡ ᱞᱮᱱ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱚᱸᱰᱭᱟ ᱨᱟᱡᱚᱥᱴᱷᱤ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱢᱮᱥᱟ ᱞᱮᱱ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱱᱟ।

ᱥᱤᱸᱜᱽᱞᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱢᱟᱲᱟᱝ ᱚᱞ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱱᱟᱜᱟᱢ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱨᱭᱟ ᱰᱚᱠᱭᱩᱢᱮᱱᱴ ᱨᱮ ᱚᱞ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱢᱚᱦᱟᱵᱷᱩᱢᱥᱟ, ᱯᱩᱨᱩᱵᱽ ᱥᱟᱭ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ ᱤ.ᱡᱤ. ᱨᱮ ᱯᱟᱞᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱛᱮ ᱥᱟᱯᱲᱟᱣ ᱞᱮᱱᱟ, ᱟᱨ ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱛᱮ ᱠᱩᱞᱟᱵᱷᱩᱢᱥᱟ (ᱵᱩᱫᱫᱷᱚ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ ᱢᱚᱱᱛᱨᱤ ᱫᱟᱢᱚᱠᱤᱛᱴᱤ ᱑᱓ ᱥᱟᱭ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱯᱩᱭᱞᱩ ᱥᱮᱜᱢᱮᱱᱴ ᱛᱮ ᱥᱟᱯᱲᱟᱣ ᱞᱮᱱᱟ) ᱾ ᱱᱩᱠᱩ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱱᱩᱨᱟᱫᱷᱟᱯᱩᱨᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱳᱞᱳᱱᱟᱨᱩᱣᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱥᱤᱸᱜᱽᱞᱤ ᱨᱟᱡᱚᱥᱴᱷᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱱᱟᱜᱟᱢ ᱠᱚᱭ ᱚᱞ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱑᱕᱐᱐ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ ᱞᱟᱦᱟ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱜᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ-ᱟ ᱾ ᱢᱚᱦᱟᱵᱷᱩᱢᱥᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱨᱟᱥᱤᱭᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱟᱜ ᱡᱟᱹᱲᱤ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱵᱟᱱᱫᱷᱟᱣ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜ-ᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱱᱟᱯᱟᱭ ᱛᱮ ᱩᱛᱷᱱᱟᱹᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱡᱟᱹᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱥᱟᱶᱛᱟ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱚᱱᱚᱞ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾

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