Sinhalese

mr. ban, at a joint news conference with sri lankan foreign minister rohitha bogollogama, predicted that history could repeat itself if there is no reconciliation between the majority sinhalese and the minority tamils.

在跟斯里兰卡外交部长罗希塔.波格拉加马举行联合记者会时，潘基文警告说，如果占人口大多数的僧伽罗人跟少数民族泰米尔人不能取得和解，那么历史将会重演。

sri lanka's almost wholly literate inhabitants, 75% of them sinhalese and12% sri lankan tamils, share an understandable pride in their island.

斯里兰卡几乎所有识字的居民75%锡兰族人，12%泰米尔斯里兰卡人共同拥有对这个岛屿的可被理解的自豪。

like others clambering on the jaffna bus this week, mr chandran was happy that mobility between the mainly sinhalese south and the mostly tamil north is increasing.

像本周其他爬上开往贾夫纳的汽车的人一样，程德先生对于连接南部僧伽罗和北部泰米尔的联系正在加强而感到高兴。