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只有对照现在,我们才能理解过去;只有对照过去,我们才能完全理解现在。——E·H·卡尔(《什么是历史?》,1964年)斯里兰卡目前存在的民族问题是本文写作的背景。居主导地位的讲印度-雅利安语的僧伽罗族人与讲达罗毗荼语的泰米尔族人之间的关系目前处于紧张状态。这两个民族声称自己的祖先来自不同的种族。僧伽罗人称自己是来自北印度的雅利安人。泰米尔人的祖先则可追溯到南印度的达罗毗荼人。(用“雅利安”和“达罗毗荼”来表示不同的种族是很不科学的。这种术语只用在语言学著述中。僧伽罗语属于印欧语系,或者属于雅利安语系。而泰米
Only by contrast can we understand the past; only by contrast can we fully understand the present. --E · H · Karl (“What is history?”, 1964) Sri Lanka’s current ethnic issues is the background of this writing. The relationship between the dominant Indo-Aryan Sinhalese and Tamil ethnicity, which speaks Darussalam, is currently strained. The two nations claimed that their ancestors came from different races. Sinhalese call themselves Aryans from North India. The ancestors of the Tamils date back to Darussalam in South India. (It is unscientific to state different races by “Aryan” and “Darussalam.” This term is used only in linguistic writings. Sinhala belongs to the Indo-European family, or belongs to the Aryan family of languages. And Tami