| LC control no. | sh 85142472 |
|---|---|
| LC classification | DS489.25.V4 |
| Topical heading | Vedda (Sri Lankan people) |
| Variant(s) | Aetto (Sri Lankan people) Beda (Sri Lankan people) Vaedda (Sri Lankan people) Veda (Sri Lankan people) Veddah (Sri Lankan people) Veddahs Veddha (Sri Lankan people) Vēṭar (Sri Lankan people) Wanniyala (Sri Lankan people) Wanniyala-Aetto (Sri Lankan people) Weda (Sri Lankan people) Weddah (Sri Lankan people) Weddo (Sri Lankan people) |
| See also | Ethnology--Sri Lanka |
| Found in | Work cat.: Ilaṅkaiyil Vēṭar, 2020: page 1 (indigenous inhabitants of Sri Lanka; Bintenne Veddas, Coast Veddas) pages 97-99 (picture of the head of the community with author) Ethnologue: p. 326 (Veddah (Veddha, Weddo, Beda, Vaedda)) Murdock world cult.: p. 25 (Vedda) Voegelin lang.: p. 170 (Veda (Vedda, Veddah, Veddha, Vaedda, Weda, Beda)) US Embassy, Sri Lanka (website), viewed on August 28, 2023 Sri Lanka 2022 Human Rights Report, pages 36-37 (The country's Indigenous people, known as Veddas, reportedly numbered fewer than 1,000) <https://lk.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/149/SRI-LANKA-2022-HUMAN-RIGHTS-REPORT.pdf.> Parliament of Sri Lanka (website), viewed on August 28, 2023 (Vedda Chief Uruwarigaye Wannila Aththo yesterday (Jan. 17, [2023]) stated that Vedda community will participate in the national event along with all Vedda community leaders across the country) <https://www.parliament.lk/news-en/view/3038> Sri Lanka Eco tourism (website), viewed on August 28, 2023 (The Veddas are a native community believed to be decedents of Prince Vijaya (5th -- 6th century BCE), the first recorded King of Sri Lanka) <https://www.srilankaecotourism.lk/staying-with-veddas.php> Joshua Project (website), viewed on August 28, 2023 (Vedda; Veddas are indigenous natives of Sri Lanka and perhaps the oldest ethnic group in that country; alternate names, Aetto; Beda; Wanniyala; Wanniyala-Aetto) |
 |  |  |