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20th century Sri Lankan Moors. This is a list of Sri Lankan Moors.Sri Lankan Moors (Tamil: இலங்கைச் சோனகர், romanized: Ilaṅkaic Cōṉakar; Sinhala: ලංකා යෝනක, romanized: Lanka Yonaka formerly Ceylon Moors; colloquially referred to as Muslims or Moors) are a minority ethnic group in Sri Lanka, comprising 9.3% [1] [circular reference] of the country ...
Historical population of Sri Lanka. This is a demography of the population of Sri Lanka including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the population, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Sri Lanka is an island in the Indian Ocean, also called Ceylon and many other names. It is about ...
6 Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka. 7 Colombo Chetties. 8 See also. Toggle the table of contents. List of Sri Lankans by ethnicity. Add languages. ... List of Sri Lankans ...
The first king of Sri Lanka, Vijaya, was the son of Sinhabahu, the ruler of Sinhapura. Some versions suggest Vijaya was the grandson of Sinhabahu. [29] [30] According to the Mahavamsa and other historical sources, King Vijaya arrived on the island of Tambapanni (Sri Lanka) and gave rise to the Sinhalese.
African Sri Lankans, mainly the Sri Lanka Kaffirs, are a very small Ethnic group in Sri Lanka who are descendants of African mercenaries, musicians, and labourers taken to what is now Sri Lanka by Portuguese colonists during the period of Portuguese colonial rule on the island. [3] There are currently around 1,000 African Sri Lankans.
The term is a misnomer, as it is used as a historical catch-all for all native ethnic groups of the Malay Archipelago who reside in Sri Lanka; it does not apply solely to the ethnic Malays. Sri Lankan Malays are primarily of Javanese, [7] Ambonese, [7] Bandanese, [7] Balinese, [7] Madurese, [7] Malay, [7] Bugis, [7] and Peranakan Chinese [8 ...
Pages in category "Lists of Sri Lankan people by ethnicity" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Political parties of minorities in Sri Lanka (2 C, 2 P) S. Sinhalese people (5 C, 868 P) Sri Lankan Moors (1 C, 35 P) T. ... Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Sri ...