Sri Lankans Are More Similar Than You Think

The Sinhalese, Sri Lankan Tamils and Moors share many genetic similarities, despite popular belief to the contrary. A four-year-long study by the University of Colombo and Genetech, a molecular science facility, recently made this observation about Sri Lanka’s major ethnicities, while researching something completely different.
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[@vishnuprasath454]

Happy and proud to see Sri Lankans doing research in Sri Lanka in this discipline.

[@warsil3735]

Nany were done before , but not popularized .

[@cyber69]

The bottom line is we are all Sri Lankans. We need to show this video to our religious extremists, separatists and politicians.

[@navindupremasiri9382]

Sure bro

[@9000ck]

I agree with you.

[@vishwapremarathna9286]

Sri lankan Tamils are related to Sinhalese people more than Tamilnadu Tamils..most satisfying words...at least now we need to think as Sri Lankans..that's how all the developed countries developed...one team one nation

[@cyber69]

They currently do. Lanka Tamils have their own customs. Ie. Watch a Lankan Hindu Wedding vs an Indian Tamil wedding. You'll pick up the difference. Another thing is Lankan Tamils are not religious nuts.

[@user-rr5mq4em5w]

I've been knowing this for sometime now, there was a complete seminar uploaded on youtube that I watched and then and there I noticed it.

[@dudedokduk3697]

this is what I always beleived. there are lankan tamil names like Gunasingham, Rajaratnam so many names. you will never see such a names in tamilnadu. obviously many sinhala people in jaffna were changed to tamils. just like tamils along Negambo puttalam cost changed to sinhala example fernandopillai has become fernandopulla 😁

[@dsijj123]

@@dudedokduk3697 hettiarachchi - tamil chettiyars.

[@kalanaviraj7540]

@UNIQUE CHAMPION no population genetics is most important, not individual genetics.if you look at most recent genetic studies on sinhalese it shows 70 to 82% similarity with west Bengalis.

[@jjay8042]

A genetic difference of 0.3 to 0.4 % between the Indian Tamils and the other ethnic groups is actually huge. To put that into context the genetic difference between two different species, humans and chimps, is 2.2%

[@asirinanayakkara4352]

Another fact is that a single chimp group has more genetical variations than genetical variations in all the humans on earth

[@groundzero5708]

Nah bro its just human percetnage classficiati9n

[@aaatd7550]

Sinhalese are related to Indian tamil

[@BogalaSawundiris]

@@groundzero5708 You are clearly uneducated on population genetics and race

[@BogalaSawundiris]

@@aaatd7550 Sinhalese are the LEAST RELATED to Indian Tamil, Indian Tamil more related to Sri Lankan Tamil and SInhalese are more related to West-Bengalis in North East India

[@tharinduprf]

මේ වීඩියො එක හදන්න ඕනෙ සුද්ධ සිංහලෙන් සහ දෙමළෙන්

[@adhan2018]

YES. I completely agree with you bro!

[@asirinanayakkara4352]

I would like to congratulate the scientists involved in this study for their findings and publishing it in the journal Nature which is the most prestigious journal in science.

[@sashapj380]

I love the end message: that our genes and DNA have mixed so much that there are no more differences between our people. It proves that we are one at a molecular and DNA level. Such a valuable message and such valuable research. I do, however, have issues with this research... first off, Indian Tamils aren't recognized as one of the four main ethnicities of Sri Lanka. Indian Tamils are Indian. Sri Lankan Tamils are Sri Lankan. Born, generation after generation in Sri Lanka. Burghers are one of the four main ethnic groups, of Portuguese and Dutch descent and this research has not taken them into account at all. I also have issues with the number of sampling - 838 blood samples? from approximately 27 million people? How did you arrive to conclude that 838 blood samples is enough to validate the genetic DNA study of our 4 main ethnic groups, one of which you left out? And how were the blood samples divided amongst the 3 main ethnic groups, also to reiterate that you left out one major ethnic group? My next issue is the lack of research in this case study towards understanding the genetic origins of Sri Lankans. To do this, it would have been interesting to see how they incorporated research into our Native people, or the First People of Lanka, the Veddhi community. Lets not forget that before Vijaya arrived in Lanka and claimed to be king, Kuveni was the reigning monarch of the country. It would be interesting to trace the DNA origins of our first folk which is hidden in the lesser known castes of lankan people that has not been accounted for in this research. Its great to see Sri Lankans doing research! Brilliant! However this research has left some big gaps which I hope the stakeholders present here will take on in the future.

[@sashapj380]

@dinindu you're absolutely right! it'll be really interesting to do research on which language the original inhabitants of the island spoke prior to the introduction of Sanskrit Pali as a vernacular language.

[@Dodilafir]

Your point should be addressed to the researchers as I think you have covered the most important points to be considered. Yes you're absolutely correct about the 4 groups and even, I was surprised Burghers were left out. Your point should be honestly considered as it's a very valid point for an accurate results of a research.

[@demonkastane3161]

I read somewhere stating Burghers are the closet to the Sinhala population than any other ethnicity, makes sense but I'd like to see modern data as well.

[@groundzero5708]

@@demonkastane3161 burghers are sinhalese ppl who got mix wo5h europeans

[@DiracRestricted]

@@sashapj380 Have you ever studied Statistics? Don't you know we can use small samples to generalize it for whole population? Don't you know in life saving drug trials , only 1000-2000 people are used to represent whole 8 billion population? that's why we use confidence intervals,error margins and so on.

[@cherryqq2044]

I hope that the Religious leaders and Poiticians get an opportunity to listen to this!

[@fairosemohamed1053]

We, Sri Lankan Muslim knew that we are more closely related Sinhalese than Tamils through the folklore that says Seamans who converted Islam, married to local Sinhalese girls with the blessing of contemperory kings. We know that we have maternal great, great, great grandma, who is Sinhala. This findings only confirms our folklore as true story

[@SM-ly5tf]

How comes we all live with tamil people and speak tamil, eat tamil food and culture ect? Should we not have lived with Sinhala instead of Tamils?

[@groundzero5708]

@@SM-ly5tf some muslims have sinhalese last names

[@groundzero5708]

@@SM-ly5tf well it has do to with some south indian muslim migration . But some muslim ppl have sinhalese last names and they dont speak tamil . They mostly often look little arab too not gonna lie .

[@sscdreamsfornonhinditeens9927]

Mitochondrial DNA from mother transmits to all descendants rather than father's DNA. So if your grandmother or mother is Sinhalese you are Sinhalese. Science

[@lilaclemonade686]

So basically Indians were converted to Islam whenever Islam came to India (i guesss brought in by the arabs), and they eventually moved down to SL along with other indians who eventually formed the Sinhalese race. But genetically both are the same. Then the Indian Tamils from a different genetic group also came to SL. Then the colonizer’s invaded and mixed with whoever they pleased and created the Burgher community.

[@RifkhanKalam]

Insightful

[@BogalaSawundiris]

The reason for Sinhalese and Sri Lankan Tamils and Moors being similar is because after they started living in Sri Lanka the SL Tamils and Moors mixed with the Sinhalese. Sinhalese and Indian Tamils have a greater difference because Indian Tamils are RECENT ARRIVALS and haven't mixed with Sinhalese as much

[@chathuramahesh]

No, cannot be , then majority SL Moors should spoken Sinhalese easily. But it looks like you’ll have more south Indian Tamil & North African Berber genetical mix could find in your DNA.Also very few families in central area were married with Sinhalese who still have kept their Sinhalese surnames !!

[@ammarahamed8108]

Wow.. ❤️ An eye opener indeed

[@shubhankardasgupta4777]

The Sinhalese are Bengalis ... We have a place named as "Singhur" which was "Singhapur" the town from where The Raja Vijya Singha sailed to the Sri Lanka and established his kingdom.

[@emmahas2moms57]

Im sri Lankan from puttalam district how do i take my genetics information?

[@vimukthimahakumbura1284]

Wowww superb content guys! Wish you guys to be the Vox of Sri Lanka. All the best!!;

[@kasunmahesh1862]

I have many many friends from both Tamil and Muslim communities in Sri Lanka and we always used to be together as brOthers... 🌺❤️‍🩹

[@ceylonbeautylk]

Great i subscribed

[@clankan2954]

Why such a beautiful story not showing our news channels ???

[@princessshiekha5258]

Srilankan muslims mostly from eastern province there is the higher population thier origin is 100percent from kerala they are called marrikar that what called marakalaya in sinhala therefore we have kerala genetics

[@Desertfox18]

Doesn't Marakkala means Malays?

[@SM-ly5tf]

@@Desertfox18 That’s different. Marakkar are tamils nadu group and also found kerala.

[@TuuWon]

Lol Malays are known as Ja we are not marikals those are sl moors from Tamil nadu

[@groundzero5708]

@@TuuWon well some in the muslims in the eastern province look ja

[@garryslater3834]

@@SM-ly5tf marakkars found in tamilnadu have kerala origin. Marakkars originated from kerala They have lots of common words

[@wokemaster1929]

Someone tell the eastern province Muslims that they're not Arabs 🙄

[@groundzero5708]

🤣 yeah they use arabic language bit dont look the same .they are just colonized muslims

[@princessshiekha5258]

This vedio is gem mashallah absolutely beautiful

[@kasunprabath8579]

Great work ❤❤❤

[@Christian_Paul_nz]

The genetics of the Moors could be Indo-European, if one considers that their origin was, partially, from the Persia (Iran) rather than either India or Arabia. Linguistic evidence would be complicated because the mother tongue of the Moors is Tamil. If the genetic origin of the Moors is India, it is more likely that Moorish ancestors were originally from southern, as opposed to northern India. If one considers the cultural practices of the Moors, they are essentially Tamils whose ancestors had converted to Islam. It is very unlikely that the Sri Lankan Moors are from the same gene pools as Arabs or Persians. In this context, it would be worth examining the Maldive Islanders' genetics, as well as the origin of the Maldive language, known as "Divehi". The language of the Maldives, Divehi, is closely related to Sinhala, as opposed to Tamil. Islamic terminology in Divehi is, without a doubt, derived from Farsi (Persian), rather than Arabic. Sinhala, Farsi and Divehi are all Indo-European languages.

[@Christian_Paul_nz]

@@drcgon the mother tongue of Sri Lankan Moors is Tamil. Their cuisine is also Tamil.

[@wsi8035]

​@@Christian_Paul_nz i never knew moors had veggie meals i thought they ate beef which goes against tamil cuisine

[@Christian_Paul_nz]

@@wsi8035 Moors eat both vegetables and meat. Do you know that not all Tamils are vegetarian? Many Tamils are Christians and Muslims who eat beef. Christian Tamils also eat pork, in addition to beaf and vegetables. About 5 million Tamils in Tamil Nadu are Christians. A significant proportion of Tamils in Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore are also Christians.

[@nawalbangali61]

Bangalis are ethnic ancestor of Sinhalis. 💞🙏

[@vanroyanr3048]

lol😂😂😂

[@MemeTeam6900]

Mongal da putha. Bangladesh gawanna eoa🤣

[@user-ib2dq7ev5n]

When sinahalese ancestors were arriving to the island there was no ethnicity called bengali.. even the langauge bengali hasn't born yet..

[@agnesthambynayagam3778]

It would be helpful to read my research book, The Gentiles, A History of Sri Lanka 1505-1833. I did my research at Oxford University in UK. I found out that my ancestral Father was a Dutchman named Rickloff Michael Van Goens who conquered Northern Sri Lanka from the Portuguese in 1658. My mother's father's name was Van der Koen. We spoke Tamil language and became Tamils. The Portuguese began settling in Sri Lanka in 1505. The Dutch began their settlement in 1658. In those days people died when they tried to return by ships. They fell ill and died. The British who began their settlement in 1833, were able to return in modern ships. The cast system was created by the Portuguese. Vellalar ( Vellai- Alar) actually means white rulers. Vellai is white and Alar is rulers. The upper class Portuguese brought their own workers like Laundry man, Barber and so on from Portugal. My book tells about how cast society was formed during Portuguese rule.

[@BogalaSawundiris]

No bullsh*t analysis points on Sinhalese and Sri Lankan genetics. 12 years experience in population genetics research analysis and some experience when it comes to caste groups. Only Bathgama, Deva (Wahumpura) and Govigama (especially central region ones and few coastal ones) are GENUINE Sinhalese (the paternal descendants of the builders of Ruwanweli-Saaya and Sigiriya and of kings like Pandukhabaya, Dutugemunu, Vijayabahu, Valagambha). The others groups (Durava, Salagama and Karava) are South Indian Tamil migrants post 13th Century and are just Sinhalese speakers with Tamil genes. That is why the Salagama, Durava and Karava are more prevalent in coastal areas (due to later arrival) and even have more Portuguese names and Catholic adherents as well because they were exposed more to Portuguese and other Europeans (due to proximity to the Sea). Many of them were also brought as mercenaries from South India by Portuguese to fight Sinhalese. I, personally, am a Sinhalese who is NOT from either Bathgama, Deva or Central Govigama so you cannot call me BIASED when stating these facts. I even have a Portuguese last name which is not found (or quite rare) among Bathgama, Central Govi or Deva. I also have relations from coastal regions. Original Sinhalese have more West-Bengali genes (Vanga became Bengal later by name) and some Veddah type Australoid genes and the present day Sinhalese have 72% Bengali genes. So Mahavansha was telling the truth all this time after all. The native aboriginal Yakka genes are highest among the VEDDAH people as they are the physically closest people to the Balangoda man. Yakka genes are also present at a little lesser extent among the Bathgama caste. But much lower compared to the level in Veddahs. Some genetic tests say that Sinhalese and Sri Lankan Tamils are similar, but that is by mt-DNA which is comparatively more similar all across South Asia. There are genetically similar Afghans to Tamils if only mt-DNA is considered. y-DNA and Autosomal admixture is the defining measure for South Asia. Also due to assimilation of Tamils and South Indians like Durava, Karava and Salagama there will be an influx of South Indian genes in to Sinhalese via these 3 groups further complicating the picture. Also there are very old Sinhala origin Tamils among Sri Lankan Tamils like Koviar (derived from Govia) who further complicate the picture. Another reason for Sinhalese and Sri Lankan Tamils and Moors being similar is because after they started living in Sri Lanka the SL Tamils and Moors mixed with the Sinhalese. Sinhalese and Indian Tamils have a greater difference because Indian Tamils are RECENT ARRIVALS and haven't mixed with Sinhalese as much

[@garryslater3834]

Nice analysis. So what do you think about the moors, are they more close to tamils or sinhalese

[@garryslater3834]

@@drcgon As per 2023 genetics study by singh et al, Sinhalese people are mostly south Indians. Sinhalese are more close to tamils according to genetic studies than moors or any other sri lankan ethnicity.

[@groundzero5708]

Im srilankan sinhalese .i actually got gujarati and central indian tamil and bengali all .i think sinhalese are a mix of al indians .

[@Rishi6901]

Singhalese are actually came from Eastern India parts like Odisha(Kalinga at the time of Ashoka)

[@user-ib2dq7ev5n]

@@drcgon more like Central area.. like kandy,matale and kegalle..

[@drcgon]

@@user-ib2dq7ev5n hey bro i am sri lankan but i was born abroad, is it true that sri lankan muslims are actually arab? or what are they

[@user-ib2dq7ev5n]

@@drcgon genetically there is a similarity but it's mainly sinhalese and tamils from lanka.. also south indian.. cuz acording to evidence traders who settled Malabar(in kerala) area migrated to sri lanka.. so they were already mixed.. and when they started settle down in sri lanka(in northern coastal areas) they married sinhalese women.. in sinhalese history it has shown clearly.. at that time without any migration from south india to lanka(sinhala areas) maybe all the sinhalese looked fair skinned.. that's mainly the reason why most of the times Muslims tend to be fairer than other ethnicities.. coastal sinhalese got indian tamil dna in British era so now sinhalese from those parts looks darker or almost south indian(tamils think that sinhalese are similer to indian tamils because they think sinhalese are from indian tamils but actually it happened in recent yeras😀).. but still the there are few fair skinned people from those parts.. Central sinhalese stayed the same so most of them looks very fair or light brown.. cooler weather is too a reason..

[@user-ub5nw4zc3q]

Me too sinhalese , sinhalese are more similar to bengali and gujaratis sinhalese are aryans ! Tamil gens come from chola attack period!.

[@chathuralakmal6882]

We Sinhalese people came from the north and east of India, so we are a mixed race of Aryans and Sri Lankan nonAryans, I am studying the history of Sri Lanka and India.

[@Tamilpower]

You are Tamil by ancestry

[@lilaclemonade686]

No point! Have to look into the dna. Our history may not be accurate.

[@skipper2594]

tamil spotted

[@user-ib2dq7ev5n]

I saw you commented somewhere but like a tamil.. 😂

[@srilankatourism-yestours6210]

🌟🙏🏻

[@joshuacpalaiparambil1485]

The Sinhalese are Genetically more closer to the Indian Tamils than the Sri Lankan Tamils... However Both the Indian Tamils and the Sri Lankan Tamils have a Common Ancestry... Otherwise, Both these Groups wouldn't have the same Language... Names like Balasingham, Rajaratnam, Guna, Gunaseelan, Gunasekaran, Jayaseelan, Mahalingam, Damayanthi, Nalina, Nalini, Tamarai, Kayalvizhi & Kayalmozhi are Names that are Still Prevalent among the Indian Tamils even to this day among the Older Generation. Even the Marriage Customs is the Same... If you see the Tamil Thali Pendant Design(s) of Sri Lankan Tamils is the Same as that of the Indian Tamils... Tamil Thali Pendant Designs may Vary from One Tamil Community to another based on their Caste and Family... But, it's the same Thali Pendant Design for Both Indian Tamils and Sri Lankan Tamils... And wearing the Metti is also a Prevalent Custom between the Indian Tamils and Sri Lankan Tamils... Ref to the Saree Draping Style of the Indian Tamils and the Sri Lankan Tamils of our Previous Generations... It's was the Same... It was a very Unique Draping Style Prevalent only among the Tamils Pple... Both these Groups Share the Same Common Ancestry... Sri Lankan Tamils can be Referred to as the Early Tamils of Chola & Pandya Dynasties and Families and the Indian Tamils and Sinhalese can be Referred to as the Later Tamils of Chola, Pandya, Pallava, Chera, Rushtrakuta, Kadamba, Andhra Dynasties & Families....

[@Divorcedhousemaid666]

All sentinent beings are the same. There is no right to discriminate or destroy any sentinent being who lives on this earth. Keep beside deep genatic theories there is no different between humans and also animals. The most valuble thing is accept the fundemantal rights of every body.

[@Divorcedhousemaid666]

නිශාන්ත ගොමයා වසලයා අනුර කුමාර රාසි හැමිංත ගොමයා බෑනා වයිරය සහ තව දහසක් සත්තු මරන උන් සයිරම කොපේ ගහං එලි බැහැලා

[@chathuralakmal6882]

So our language is similar to the Pallava language of south India but we are mixed Aryans to non-Aryans.

[@user-ib2dq7ev5n]

There is no language called pallava what are yiu talking..?

[@fathimafathima7332]

We all are brothers 😍😍

[@navindupremasiri9382]

Yeah sis 🥰

[@thekingleoc1864]

What are you trying to make me say that we are Europeans, noooooo we are the yakas , asuras , rakshasas we came way before Hindu population

[@vishnuprasath454]

Were those blood samples obtained from the individuals with their consent to do research?

[@peacelovehappiness3502]

Ofcourse vishnu.

[@Geeth-Gameplay]

You can't use 838 samples and make assumptions about 21,600,042 people. You must use at least 4648 samples. The small sample size is a reason for the false results.

[@garryslater3834]

Yes tamils should be more closer to sinhalese and moors should be more distant

[@amilashanaka8802]

I have a concern here , According to histrorical legands Sinhalese are descendents from Indo Aryans .Their languge, traditions, skin colours and cloths are much more similler to Kerala and nothern part of the India .Indo aryans comes from Aryans who first established around area currently knowns as Iran , So this support the fact that Sinhalse are genatically close to moors than Tamils . According to historic data we can belive Tamils were the navtive people in India but due to Indo aryans who crossed the Hindukush mountain and came to India (invade) . They were pushed down to south India . There are some clear diffanace in Traditions and skin color with south Indian tamils and Sinhalase that was explained by here #we are all related after all

[@bluemail8752]

FYI Keralites are Dravidians (More related to Tamils)

[@cyber69]

Indo-Aryan are North Indians. South Indians are Dravidians.

[@dsijj123]

@@bluemail8752 more like mix of tamils and some north indian migrants.

[@user-ib2dq7ev5n]

​@@dsijj123but actually the immigrants are tamils.. cuz tribal people were never dravidian who are living on the island to this day on the island..

[@aloysiushettiarachchi4523]

What an ignorant group of medics?. This is the fault of not teaching a country's history in schools.

[@dragonman-vj7lr]

This is hardly surprising, in a tiny Island like Sri Lanka the population would have definitely intermixed over two millennia. It is highly improbable that these communities never integrated.

[@lexwill718]

re upload when you SHOW some EVIDENCE

[@bluemail8752]

Whaat? Are Sri Lankans Indo Aryan? What about Dravidian Tamil People? Do you know the Sinhala speaking Karava, the Durava, the Demala Gattara and the Salegama castes have Tamil origins. How can you classified them also as Indo Aryans?

[@lakshmandalpadado9066]

Most of the Tamil speaking people in Sri Lanka are not Tamils. Most are from Kerala ( west coast) and Bengal( east coast Muslim people) So called karava are from Kerala.

[@bluemail8752]

@@lakshmandalpadado9066 So now you are trying to manipulate that Tamils are not native to Sri Lanka. Nice try.

[@lakshmandalpadado9066]

@@bluemail8752 Read carefully . I said " Tamil speaking people " Not Tamils. I speak English .. but I am not a Englishman. Just as most Tamil speaking people in Sri Lanka have no origins going back to Tamil Nadu. Prime example is people in Kochchikade ( Shops of Kochchi people) . Kochchi people are from Kochi ( Cochin ) in Kerala. The Tamil they speak is very different from Tamil spoken in Jaffna.

[@pradeepweerawardhana6296]

at least if you have a very very basic knowledge abt maths/percentages you wouldn't have said Tamils are native to Sri Lanka...plz don't create stories and unnecessary problems to uplift your guys' ego...explore scientific explanations plz

[@anandraj-pg6sh]

@@lakshmandalpadado9066 I'm a malayali from Kerala, I don't know why sri lankans are proud for their Aryanified DNA.. Kerala was not a state in previous days which is also a part of Tamil kingdoms in fact we are same and married each other we speak a certain dialect of language like people of Tamil Nadu( who either speak different dialects in Different places of Tamil Nadu) if we people of Tamil Nadu and Kerala are same, then why don't Sri lankan tamils and indian Tamils are notssame?

[@tamilpatriot7815]

Sri Lankans were nagas, spoke two languages Tamil and vedda, later with the arrival of new immigrants and monks a new language was formed, using sanskrit, prakrit and tamil that was Sinhalese. Now many ethnic groups lives as Sinhalese in the south, most got Tamil DNA in high or low proportions.

[@kalanaviraj7540]

Languages cant made of mixing few other languages . All languages have their own roots . Sinhala language is born from Elu prakrit language spoken in early Anuradhapura kingdom era (3rd century BC to 4th century AD ) . Elu prakrit is from maharashtri prakrit which is from vedic Sanskrit .

[@skipper2594]

great lie ,

[@user-ib2dq7ev5n]

Who told you such story..? Dead ancestor?

[@skipper2594]

@@user-ib2dq7ev5n tamils always make lies to be proud of😂no proofs at all .just fantasies

[@tamilpatriot7815]

@@user-ib2dq7ev5n Arjun Gunaratne

[@Rishi6901]

Singhalese are actually came from Eastern India parts like Odisha(Kalinga at the time of Ashoka)

[@user-ib2dq7ev5n]

Not sinhalaese but sinhalese ancestors.. there are no ethnicity called sinhala in india..

[@user-ib2dq7ev5n]

@@drcgon they are not sinhalese.. those immigrants mixed with sinhalese like 150 years ago..(coastal sinhalese) That's why coastal sinhalese sometimes looks south indian..

[@roshendrademel5957]

Do we Lankans actually come from north Indians or is that just nonsense thinking ??

[@Explorer55612]

East Indian and South Indian mix. North Indians here and there in trace amounts. No one is pure

[@roshendrademel5957]

@@Explorer55612 that's what many say and I also believe it, but I wonder why this test they are talking about in this video is not taking that into account. It appears that these indian genes have not been shown in this latest test

[@nu-onesk9408]

indians are come from sri lanka

[@roshendrademel5957]

@@nu-onesk9408 😆😆😆😆how?

[@nu-onesk9408]

@@roshendrademel5957 that was 250 000000000 years ago .

[@stevecroos1179]

Yes. Tamil is the first born language in the world ❤

[@groundzero5708]

No .

[@groundzero5708]

oldest langauge is sumerian

[@aaatd7550]

Oldest language is TAMIL

[@Tamilpower]

@@groundzero5708 No it isn't It's Tamil

[@StephN1000]

Tamil has an ancient history with a rich literature. It is a classical language, and one of the oldest living languages. It's best to be accurate with your statements.

[@abishekmichael2007]

How can you say Sri Lankan as Indo- Aryans. We Tamils (whether it's a Lankan or Indian) are Dravidians not Indo-Aryans. Moors do have semitic origins. Do not generalize.

[@abishekmichael2007]

@@invictus9991 That's why I got irritated. How can they generalize everyone. Did they forget the Tamils and Moors?

[@pradeepweerawardhana6296]

The predominant percentage among sinhalese as well as SL Tamils are from North East India anyway...But I don't know whether they're called Indo-Aryans or not...

[@abishekmichael2007]

@harry 🤭😂

[@demonkastane3161]

They literally just said SL tamils and Moors are closer to Sinhala who are indo aryan. I mean come on SL tamils look like Sinhala and are taller than Tamils from India and more caucasoid than tamils from India as well. You guys are more Indo-Aryan than Dravidian I think.

[@demonkastane3161]

@@invictus9991 Not wrong, our facial structure is considered Caucasoid, SL tamils look more like indo-aryans than Dravidians. Which is weird to think i know.

[@chathuralakmal6882]

The first settlers of Sri Lanka were the Veddas of Sri Lanka, secondly the Tamils, thirdly the Sinhalese. It should be accepted that the Tamil people came to Sri Lanka before the Sinhalese people.

[@kalanaviraj7540]

Your argument is wrong." Sinhalese " never "came" from anywhere else. You don't find an ethnic group called Sinhalese anywhere outside this island. Sinhalese have evolved their culture and language during last 2500 years .Sinhalese are a mixture of Hunter gatherers, dravidians and aryans. Even Sinhala language has words from all 3 language roots. So " Tamils came first" is illogical statement here. Because ancestors of Sinhalese also were some of dravidians. Other thing is Sri lankan Tamil language and culture are not significantly different from Indian Tamil language and culture. This means current sri Lankan tamil speakers should be recently migrated Tamils from india. Earlier migrants have developed the Sinhalese culture.

[@sudmudmud357]

Chathura, you need to know ur facts before typing stuff… like a fool. Balangoda sepias we’re here 39,000 years ago … so true owners are indigenous owners the true SriLankans… 2500+ years when Buddha came to SriLanka , there were indigenous people living here. Tamil came way after that …

[@sudmudmud357]

you need to know ur facts before typing… like a fool. Balangoda sepias we’re here 39,000 years ago … so true owners are indigenous owners the true SriLankans… 2500+ years when Buddha came to SriLanka , there were indigenous people living here. Tamil came way after that …

[@zikes2590]

Who told you that sinhalese came from another country or region, 😅sinhalese has no history without sri lanka.I Don't get what made you think like that even though you are a sinhalese

[@vijayabalan1188]

@@kalanaviraj7540 No bro study singhalese history singhalese are came from today odhisa state in india ......

[@DocRealTalk]

I hate when science is used to push a political message. These DNA tests were clearly designed to produce the desired conclusion. Most Sri Lankans are mixed for sure, but so are most Indians. This doesn't mean you can't distinguish them by DNA. If you can visually notice different genetics, DNA tests can definitely detect those differences lol Singhalese are definitely mixed. I have seen ones that look like North Indians, South Indian and others that look like Aborigines. If your DNA tests is saying we're indistinguishable, it's a joke of a DNA test. Also, not all Muslims in Sri Lanka are Moors. Most are clearly Tamil converts. Some are Moors and they look distinct. There are also Malay Muslims that visually look most East Asian. And some Muslims visually look like they're from Pakistan.

[@moarx25]

As a Sri Lankan Muslim myself i gotta say yes it's mixed race especially Sinhalese, Christans and moors! But nevertheless most of the moors looks way different than indians as u said some of them looks Pakistani, arabs so on!! Besides that we are not Tamils for sure coz we dont have any certain language in SL, we speak Tamil for the sake of conversation thats how we adopted the tamil if our Ancestor moors/ indo aryans who came to trade in SL at that case if they weren't adopt Tamil or Sinhala so now we wouldn't be able to speak in Tamil or Sinhala instead of speaking Tamil and sinhala we would speak Arabic Hahaha but unfortunately our grade ancestors adopted tamil as well as sinhala, in fact most of the Muslims they speak English than tamil ( im not lying just saying the truth what i saw what i heard ) 😅😁 HAHAHA long live Sri Lanka 🇱🇰❤️

[@DocRealTalk]

@@moarx25 Bro most Sri Lankan Muslims are visually South Asian. "Moors" aren't even an ethic group. Originally they were North African, but various other ethnic groups joined them over the centuries as soldiers or marriage. The reason for most SL Muslims speaking Tamil and most being Tamil converts is because Tamils historically lived in the costal areas where the Muslims came to trade. So they ended up settling in those majority Tamil places and started speaking Tamil and converting locals and mixing with them. It's the same thing in most Muslim countries. Most are not Arab, even if they speak Arabic. For example, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Syria, Palastine etc Their ancestors converted to Islam and mixed with Arabs. BTW don't mix ethnicity with religion or sect. Moors are only considered as a distinct ethnic group inside Sri Lanka. Historically and scientifically, they are a mix of lots of ethnicities. There are many videos about Moors and their history here on KZbin :)

[@moarx25]

@@DocRealTalk HAHAHA ikr

[@skipper2594]

not all but 94% of sri lankan muslims are moors ,other 6% is mostly malays and south indian muslims

[@DocRealTalk]

@@skipper2594 This is totally not true. Many claim to be Moors, but are actually descendants of Tamil converts. Moors come from North Africa....most Muslims in Sri Lanka don't look North African....only a tiny minority do. I think the reason is, they married with the local Tamils in the costal regions. And their children still identified as "Moors"

[@vladimirkalashnikov8986]

We r not Indians that's all

[@lacid5556]

true brother thats what every person is confused about us even .popular things got to the wrong nations like indians

[@peacelovehappiness3502]

Actually genetically we are indian. Just isolated for a long time.

[@Daddy-R]

Lmao srilonkans are just south indians people that moved to the island man

[@aaatd7550]

Sinhalese are Dravidians

[@princessshiekha5258]

BBS ur wrong 🤣🤣😂😂😂😂

[@groundzero5708]

You are from kerala .okay baby🤣

[@Tamilpower]

Yes, because Sinhalese have Tamil ancestry

[@skipper2594]

oh hi a terr0rist

[@PehesaraStefanFernando]

Sinhalese are Indo-aryans man not dravidians

[@PehesaraStefanFernando]

@@drcgon That's because of marriages between sinhalese and tamil people.that doesn't mean sinhalese have tamil ancestors.musculims in sri lanka speaking tamil,that doesn't even mean they have tamil ancestors.they are from morocco and married with tamil women.

[@user-cx9jc2dr9g]

My opinion I am Sinhalese we are not Tamil. But we are originally Dravidians. Our writting style also so similar to Kannada Telugu Malayalam But we got mixed with indo Aryans. My DNA result show I am pure Sri Lankan But my DNA also can found in south of India tamilnadu area also north India Bengal and odisha areas.

[@aravindhrajgowda2446]

Malayalam is derived from grandha and manipravalam script which was developed in tamil nadu by the pallava rulers which was the parent writing system for the modern Tamil, telugu kannada, Malayalam , sinhalese, Thai and many south East Asian countries.

[@demonkastane3161]

Actually we're Indo-Aryan if we were originally Dravidian we would be in the Dravidian group of facial structure, how ever we are in sub-group called sinhalasid ( which is under Caucasoid ) That being said, I believe SL tamils have a strong Indo-Aryan heritage as well thanks making love with us lol ( whether they like it or not )

[@moarx25]

@@demonkastane3161 ohww u sure that sl tamils/ Hindus stong indo aryan?? But the fact they aren't even looks like indo aryan ( Hindus maybe some quite a few but not the majority which is obvious right?? ) U can say moors has indo aryan looks coz thats quite obvious as well as some Christians and Sinhalese too!! But one thing i believe that Sri Lankan are so mixed more than ppl think hahaha 😁🇱🇰❤️

[@ashwinvk4124]

@@demonkastane3161 there is no such thing as a dravidian facial group structure most of these terms arbitrary terms used for linguistic purposes in academia there are different facial features and structure across northern and southern India.

[@vijayabalan1188]

You are migrated from odisha state india that is fact and native srilankans are Tamils and vedhas

[@pollockpaul6312]

Sinhalese people is bangali origin

[@groundzero5708]

No they ahve many orgins lol

[@thekingleoc1864]

That's bullshit we are asuras

[@Xarishher]

Nah, Sinhalese and Sri Lankan Tamils are Asuras

[@thekingleoc1864]

@@Xarishher no they are supposed to be the devas and suras

[@Xarishher]

@@thekingleoc1864 wdym

[@thekingleoc1864]

Sinhala people are the yakkas tamils were the devas

[@skipper2594]

sinhalese has genetics of raksha , deva and yakkha tribes tamils has genetics of naga tribe