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    Rodi or Rodiya (lit., filth) are an untouchable Buddhist social group or caste amongst the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka. Their status was very similar...
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  • Rodiya is a dialect of the Sinhalese language spoken by members of the Rodiya community of Sri Lanka. Speakers are considered to be low-caste among the...
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    abugida script, which is derived from the ancient Brahmi script. The Rodiya language, a dialect of Sinhala, is spoken by the low-caste community of chamodi...
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  • hunter-gatherers. Sri Lanka has had other hunter-gathering peoples such as the Rodiya and Kinnaraya. The earliest account of Vedda was written by Ryklof Van Goens...
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  • member of the European Parliament Rodi language, a language spoken in Norway Rodi, another name for the Rodiya, an untouchable caste amongst the Sinhalese...
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    Valli (category Articles containing Tamil-language text)
    many local or Village gods in Tamil Nadu and Kerala in India and by the Rodiya and Vedda peoples of Sri Lanka. Vaḷḷi is also known as Pongi at Vallimalai...
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    "outcastes", Rodiya, beginning in the area of Kadugannava, west of Kandy. Some of the rodiya lived and studied on the Island Hermitage. The son of the Rodiya chieftain...
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    (barber), aruwa (potter), goviya (farmer), bamuna (Brahmin) and Villiya (Rodiya). Besides the Y parts already mentioned, other commonly used land usage...
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    in India Madiga Mahar Mala (caste) Nalavar Paraiyar Pulayar Kanshi Ram Rodiya Sakkiliar Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities)...
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  • origin and development of Sinhala, the main language of Sri Lanka, and of the dialects of the Veddhas, Rodiyas, and Vanniyas. He was the founder and a major...
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