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Sinhalese

ethnic group of Sri Lanka
Intangible ethnic_group Q932244
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Summary

Sinhalese is an ethnic group[1]. Sinhalese ranks in the top 2% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,301 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Sri Lanka[3]
  • Country: Sri Lanka[4]
  • Location: Sri Lanka[5]
  • Commons category: Sinhalese people[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sinhalese people[7]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], New International Encyclopedia[12]

Why It Matters

Sinhalese has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Sinhalese is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Sri Lanka

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Sri Lanka
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/50895|batch #50895]]: because of P276"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → ethnic group
    Location → Sri Lanka
    Country of citizenship → Sri Lanka
    Citizenship → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 27454, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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