Singaleesit on Sri Lankan suurin etninen ryhmä. He puhuvat indoarjalaiseen kieliryhmään kuuluvaa sinhalin eli singaleesin kieltä. Singaleeseja arvioidaan olevan kaikkiaan runsas 15 miljoonaa. Sri Lankan väestöstä singaleeseja laskettiin vuoden 2001 väestönlaskennassa olevan 73,8 %, jonka mukaan Sri Lankassa heitä asuu noin 14,9 miljoonaa[12]. Kansan nimi tulee indoarjalaisesta sanasta sinhala, "leijonakansa".
- ↑ Department of Census and Statistics in Sri Lanka. (2001). Number and percentage of population by district and ethnic group. Available: http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/PDF/Population/p9p8%20Ethnicity.pdf (Arkistoitu – Internet Archive)
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- ↑ Campbell Gibson & Kay Jung: Historical census statistics on the foreign-born population of the United States: 1850 to 2000 2006. US Census Bureau. Viitattu 3.3.2010. (englanniksi)
- ↑ Ethnologue Ethnologue. (englanniksi)
- ↑ Stuart Michael: A traditional Sinhalese affair thestar.com.my. 2009. Viitattu 3.3.2010. (englanniksi)
- ↑ http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/sri-lankans/3
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