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The Sinhalese ( ___MASK77___ :         ___MASK77___ Jathiya , also known as Hela or Sinhale ) are an Indo - Aryan ethnic group native to the island of Sri Lanka . They constitute 75 % of the Sri Lankan population and a number greater than 15 million . The Sinhalese identity is based on language , historical heritage and religion . The Sinhalese people speak the Sinhalese language , an Indo - Aryan language , and are predominantly Theravada Buddhists , although a small percentage of Sinhalese follow branches of Christianity . The Sinhalese are mostly found in North central , Central , South , and West Sri Lanka . According to Mahavamsa and Dipavamsa , written by Buddhist monks of the Anuradhapura Maha Viharaya in Sri Lanka , around the 3 - 5th century , an ancient treatise written in Pali , the Sinhalese are descendants of the settlers who came to the island in 543 BCE from Sinhapura in India , led by Prince Vijaya . The Indo - European languages are a language family of several hundred related languages and dialects . There are about 445 living Indo - European languages , according to the estimate by " Ethnologue ", with over two - thirds ( 313 ) of them belonging to the Indo - Iranian branch . The most widely spoken Indo - European languages by native speakers are ___MASK34___ , English , Hindustani ( Hindi and Urdu ), Portuguese , Bengali , Russian , Persian and Punjabi , each with over 100 million speakers . Today , 46 % of the human population speaks an Indo - European language natively , by far the highest of any language family . Deshamanya Kala Keerthi Dr . Premasiri Khemadasa ( ___MASK77___ :                   ) ( 25 January 1937  24 October 2008 ) also known as " Khemadasa Master " was a Sri Lankan music composer . Exploring the various styles of music around the world Khemadasa endeavoured to develop a unique style of music . He combined ___MASK77___ folk tunes , Hindustani music , Western music and many other streams of music in his compositions while adapting them to fit contemporary music . The Sinhalese alphabet ( Sinhalese :            ) ( Sihala Akara Mlva ) is an abugida used by the Sinhalese people in Sri Lanka and elsewhere to write the Sinhalese language and also the liturgical languages ___MASK17___ and Sanskrit . The Sinhalese alphabet , which is one of the Brahmic scripts , a descendant of the ancient Indian Brahmi script closely related to the South Indian Kadamba alphabet . Golu Hadawatha ( Translation : Silence of the Heart ) was a popular 1969 Sinhalese language romance film directed by maestro Lester James Peiris . The film stars Wickrema Bogoda and Anula Karunathilake in the lead roles . Based on a novel by Karunasena Jayalath , its screenplay was written by Regi Siriwardena . Music was by Premasiri Khemadasa . The first half of the film depicts the story though the eyes of Sugath and the next half the audience see the story through the eyes of Dammi . The film departs from the normal recipe of Hero , heroine , villain , joker , songs , fights etc . and was regarded as one of the landmarks in Sri Lankan Cinema . Indrani Wijebandara and Sisira Senaratne duo sang a duet `` Aadarei mama Aadarei - Dhammi thavamath aadarei , Sugath thavamath aadarei '' , in which , the words were composed by Karunasena Jayalath , became quite a popular radio song after the movie but was not sung for the film , and not in it . It was awarded the Best Film , Best Director and Best Actress of the year at the prestigious Sarasaviya Awards Festival . The film , which depicts the love affair between two school going teenagers , created a sensation among Sri Lankan film lovers , both young and old , and is considered a landmark in the history of Sri Lankan cinema . The original script was being written by Piyasiri Gunaratne and Karunasena Jayalath . Before being finished , Piyasiri Gunaratna casually mentioned he was working on the script to Lester James Peiris . A few weeks later , the newspapers announced Lester James Peiris was about to shoot the film . It came out that Mr . Pieris took advantage of the situation , took over the script from Karunasena Jayalath and so de facto stole the script as well as the film from Piyasiri Gunaratne . Sri Lanka ( or ; Sinhalese :         ', ___MASK47___ :     " Ilakai "), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( formerly known as Ceylon ), is an island country in South Asia near south - east India . Sri Lanka has maritime borders with India to the northwest and the Maldives to the southwest . The Brahmic scripts are a family of abugida or alphabet writing systems . They are used throughout the Indian Subcontinent , Southeast Asia and parts of East Asia , and were once used in Japan , and are descended from the Brahmi script of ancient India . They are used by languages of several language families : Indo - European , Dravidian , Tibeto - Burman , Mongolic , Austroasiatic , Austronesian , Turkic , Tai . They were also the source of the dictionary order of ___MASK82___ " kana ". The Kadamba script ( known as " Pre Old ___MASK96___ script ") marks the birth of a dedicated script for writing ___MASK96___ . It is a descendant of the Brahmi script , an abugida visually close to the Kalinga alphabet . The Kadamba script was developed during the reign of the Kadamba dynasty in the 4th - 6th centuries . The Kadamba script is also known as Pre - Old - ___MASK96___ script . This script later became popular in what is today the state of Goa and was used to write Sanskrit , ___MASK96___ , Konkani and ___MASK42___ . Sinhalese , known natively as ___MASK77___ (" singhala " ), is the native language of the Sinhalese people , who make up the largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka , numbering about 16 million . Sinhalese is also spoken as a second language by other ethnic groups in Sri Lanka , totalling about four million . It belongs to the Indo - Aryan branch of the Indo - European languages . Sinhalese has its own writing system , the Sinhalese alphabet , which is one of the Brahmic scripts , a descendant of the ancient Indian Brahmi script closely related to the Kadamba alphabet . India , officially the Republic of India (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over 1 . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; China , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives . India ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and ___MASK83___ . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad .