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Sinhalese , language belonging to the Indic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. An alternate spelling for Sinhalese is Singhalese. See Indo-Iranian .

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Sinhalese People who make up the largest ethnic group of Sri Lanka. They speak an Indo-European language and practise Theravada Buddhism.

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