Complete the sentence about Vedda language with the correct year: Robert Percival wrote in ______ that the Veddas, although seemingly speaking a broken dialect of Sinhala, amongst themselves spoke a language that was known only to them.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. 1803
Robert Percival wrote in 1803 that the Veddas, though seemingly speaking a broken dialect, had their own.
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