On the government side , mr rajapakse 's pledge to get tough on the tigers has been heard from previous sinhalese populists .
而政府方面,rajapakse先生对猛虎组织采取强硬措施的保证之前也被锡兰族民粹论者说过。
So the loyalties of the sinhalese majority will be split , and tamil votes decisive .
所以僧伽罗民族的忠心将被分裂,泰米尔人会坚定的投下一票。
The eastern population includes many muslims and sinhalese , and eastern tamils consider themselves different from-and speak a different dialect to-the jaffna tamils who dominate the tigers .
But that will make it even harder to convince tamils that the war against the tigers is on behalf of all sri lankans , not just the sinhalese majority .
但是这样会更难说服泰米尔人这个战争是为了所有的斯里兰卡人民,而不仅仅是为了锡兰人这个多数族群.
Sri lanka 's almost wholly literate inhabitants , 75 % of them sinhalese and 12 % sri lankan tamils , share an understandable pride in their island .