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Rodiya dialect, the Glossary

Index Rodiya dialect

Rodiya is a dialect of the Sinhalese language spoken by members of the Rodiya community of Sri Lanka.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 7 relations: Caste system in India, Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Iranian languages, Rodiya, Sinhala language, Sinhalese people, Sri Lanka.

  2. Languages of Sri Lanka
  3. Sinhala language

Caste system in India

The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic instance of social classification based on castes.

See Rodiya dialect and Caste system in India

Indo-Aryan languages

The Indo-Aryan languages (or sometimes Indic languages) are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family.

See Rodiya dialect and Indo-Aryan languages

Indo-Iranian languages

The Indo-Iranian languages (also known as Indo-Iranic languages or collectively the Aryan languages) constitute the largest and southeasternmost extant branch of the Indo-European language family.

See Rodiya dialect and Indo-Iranian languages

Rodiya

Rodi or Rodiya (lit., filth) are an untouchable Buddhist social group or caste amongst the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka.

See Rodiya dialect and Rodiya

Sinhala language

Sinhala (Sinhala: සිංහල), sometimes called Sinhalese, is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka, who make up the largest ethnic group on the island, numbering about 16 million. Rodiya dialect and Sinhala language are languages of Sri Lanka.

See Rodiya dialect and Sinhala language

Sinhalese people

The Sinhalese people (Sinhala Janathāva), also known as the Sinhalese or Sinhala people are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group native to the island of Sri Lanka.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.

See Rodiya dialect and Sri Lanka

See also

Languages of Sri Lanka

Sinhala language

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodiya_dialect

Also known as Rodiya language.