Vedda

Summary

Vedda is a language^[1]. Vedda ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (736 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Vedda is in the country of Sri Lanka^[3].
• Vedda's instance of is recorded as language^[4].
• Vedda's instance of is recorded as mixed language^[5].
• Vedda's instance of is recorded as modern language^[6].
• Vedda is a type of Indo-Aryan^[7].
• Vedda's writing system is recorded as Sinhala script^[8].
• Vedda's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+300'}^[9].
• Vedda's different from is recorded as Vedic Sanskrit^[10].
• Vedda's different from is recorded as Venda^[11].
• Vedda's different from is recorded as original Vedda language^[12].
• Vedda's UNESCO language status is recorded as 3 definitely endangered^[13].
• Vedda's indigenous to is recorded as Vedda people^[14].
• Vedda's indigenous to is recorded as Polonnaruwa District^[15].
• Vedda's indigenous to is recorded as Uva Province^[16].
• Vedda's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/VED^[17].
• Vedda's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 8b Nearly Extinct^[18].

Why It Matters

Vedda ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (736 views/month).^[2] Vedda has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] Vedda is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]