Negombo Tamils

Turner, although the distinction between Sinhalese and Tamils of the present-day Sri Lanka is so marked, in the past there was considerable fusion between these ethnic groups.

This village has approximately 15,000 inhabitants and has become refuge for other Tamils displaced due to the Sri Lankan civil war from the rest of the country.

This would suggest that the Negombo dialect continued to evolve in the Coromandel Coast before it arrived in Sri Lanka and began to get influenced by Sinhala.

Outside of the Tamil-dominated North East, Puttalam district has the highest percentage of place names of Tamil origin in Sri Lanka.

The juxtaposition of Sinhala and Tamil place names indicated the peaceful coexistence of people of both language groups as well as the gradual assimilation process.

Distribution of Sri Lankan Tamil people in Sri Lanka by DS Division according 2012 census including the Negambo and Puttalam area
Traditional fishing oru or outrigger canoe at Negombo beach is the traditional craft of the island, particularly the Sinhalese people , the vallam, thepam (crafts without an outrigger) and cattamaran (tied logs) are the traditional crafts of South India [ 12 ]