Sizable minorities of both Sinhalese(SNH) and Tamils are Christians, most of whom are Roman Catholic. 很少僧伽罗人和泰米尔人是基督教徒,大多数是罗马天主教徒。
Most Sinhalese(SNH) are Buddhist; most Tamils are Hindu. 大多数僧伽罗人是佛教徒;大多数泰米尔人是印度教徒。
The multi-religious and multi-ethnic population includes many Buddhist monks with official languages being Sinhalese(SNH) and Tamil, and English being widely spoken. 在这个众多信仰共存的多民族国度里有许多佛僧,它的官方语言是僧伽罗语(SNH)和泰米尔语,而英语也被广泛使用。
Buddhism and a sophisticated system of irrigation became the pillars of classical Sinhalese(SNH) civilization ( 200 bc-1200 AD ) that flourished in the north-central part of the island. 佛教和先进的灌溉系统成为岛上北部中心古典僧伽罗文明(200bc-1200ad)繁荣的支柱。
Like others clambering on the Jaffna bus this week, Mr Chandran was happy that mobility between the mainly Sinhalese(SNH) 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。