In 1990s self-identifying Veddas knew few words and phrases in Vedda, but there were individuals who knew the language comprehensively.
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Kavi is Sinhalese adjective for Kaviya the noun but where as Vedda noun is kavi-tana, where tana is a suffix.
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The Vedda people s mitochondrial sequences were found to be more related to the Sinhalese and Sri Lankan Tamils than to the Indian Tamils.
24.
During religious festivals, people who enter a trance or spirit possession sometimes use a mixed language that contains words from the Vedda language.
25.
Webb, Blount and Vedda hosted the first ( and only ) International Conference on Hypersonic Flight in the 21st Century ( 1988 ).
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He married a local Yakkhini named Kuveni, and their children gave rise to the Pulinda race ( identified with the Vedda people ).
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Conversely, Sinhalese has also borrowed from the original Vedda language, words and grammatical structures, differentiating it from its related Indo-Aryan languages.
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On 2 April 2, 1890, Perry was accidentally shot dead near Alutnuwara, whilst on a visit to the Vedda people in the area.
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Burke also owned a dress factory in South Ozone Park, Queens, called Moo Moo Vedda's, which kept him awash in laundered money.
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There is evidence at some point in the past that the people were bilingual in Vedda language and Tamil, but that is no longer the case.
