Reconstructing the population history of the Sinhalese, the major ethnic group in Śrī Laṅkā

Summary: The Sinhalese are the major ethnic group in Śrī Laṅkā, inhabiting nearly the whole length and breadth of the island. They speak an Indo-European language of the Indo-Iranian branch, which is held to originate in northwestern India, going back to at least the fifth century BC. Previous genet...

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Published in:	iScience
Main Authors:	Prajjval Pratap Singh, Sachin Kumar, Nagarjuna Pasupuleti, P.R. Weerasooriya, George van Driem, Kamani H. Tennekoon, Niraj Rai, Gyaneshwer Chaubey, R. Ranasinghe
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2023-10-01
Subjects:	Phylogenetics Genotyping Evolutionary history
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223018746