Vedda people

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The Vedda people are an indigenous ethnic group of Sri Lanka, traditionally known as forest-dwelling hunter-gatherers with a distinct language, culture, and ancestry predating the island’s major ethnic communities.

All labels observed (9)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
ancestralTerritory Mahiyanganaya area ⓘ
Polonnaruwa District ⓘ
Uva Province ⓘ
central Sri Lanka ⓘ
eastern Sri Lanka ⓘ
ancestry prehistoric inhabitants of Sri Lanka ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
culturalInfluence Sri Lankan folklore ⓘ
Sri Lankan ritual practices ⓘ
culturalPractice ancestor worship ⓘ
gathering wild foods ⓘ
honey collecting ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
ritual dances ⓘ
slash-and-burn cultivation ⓘ
spirit worship ⓘ
traditional songs ⓘ
culturalStatus endangered culture ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Sri Lanka ⓘ
governmentRecognition minority group in Sri Lanka ⓘ
heritageStatus subject of cultural preservation efforts ⓘ
indigenousTo Sri Lanka ⓘ
language Vedda language ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
languageStatus endangered language ⓘ
livelihoodChange settled village life ⓘ
shift to agriculture ⓘ
wage labor ⓘ
nativeTo Sri Lanka ⓘ
notableLeader Tissahamy ⓘ
populationTrend declining ⓘ
recognizedAs indigenous people of Sri Lanka ⓘ
region Sri Lanka ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Sinhalese people ⓘ
Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
animism ⓘ
folk religion ⓘ
selfDesignation Vanniyaletto ⓘ
traditionalDwelling caves ⓘ
temporary forest shelters ⓘ
traditionalHabitat forest ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle hunter-gatherer ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sinhalese people → relatedEthnicGroup → Vedda people ⓘ
Sinhalese → relatedEthnicGroup → Vedda ⓘ
linked to: Vedda people
Sri Lankan diaspora → hasEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Veddas ⓘ
linked to: Vedda people
Kandyan Kingdom → ethnicGroup → Veddas ⓘ
linked to: Vedda people
Kataragama → sacredTo → Vedda people ⓘ
Kataragama → hasEthnicGroup → Vedda people ⓘ
Vedda language → spokenBy → Vedda people ⓘ
Vedda language → ethnicity → Vedda people ⓘ
Vedda language → languageFamily → Sri Lanka Vedda ⓘ
linked to: Vedda people
Vedda language → associatedWith → Vedda culture ⓘ
linked to: Vedda people
Vedda language → associatedWith → Sri Lankan indigenous peoples ⓘ
linked to: Vedda people
Vanniyaletto → refersTo → Vedda people ⓘ
Vanniyaletto → usedBy → Vedda people ⓘ
Vanniyaletto → alternativeNameFor → Vedda ⓘ
linked to: Vedda people
Vanniyaletto → hasCulturalContext → Vedda culture ⓘ
linked to: Vedda people
Tissahamy → ethnicGroup → Vedda people ⓘ
Tissahamy → placeOfActivity → Vedda traditional territories ⓘ
linked to: Vedda people
Tissahamy → community → Vedda community ⓘ
linked to: Vedda people