| 1. | Vedda has exerted a substratum influence in the formation of Sinhalese.
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| 2. | Vedda populations of this kind are increasing in some districts.
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| 3. | Vedda inanimate nouns are formed by borrowing Sinhalese adjectives and adding a suffix.
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| 4. | Vedda also retains a number of unique words that cannot be derived from Sinhalese.
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| 5. | A recent genetic study has found Vedda people to probably be earliest inhabitants of Sri Lanka.
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| 6. | Initially there was considerable debate amongst linguists as to whether Vedda is a dialect of language.
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| 7. | Till today the indigenous Vedda people come to venerate at the temple complex from their forest abodes.
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| 8. | The specific name comes from the Vedda people, who are the indigenous people of Sri Lanka.
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| 9. | The priests of the temple are known as Kapuralas and are believed to be descended from Vedda people.
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| 10. | Veddas of the Anuradhapura region speak in Sinhalese, but use Vedda words to denote animals during hunting trips.
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