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Yemeni Jewish traders used to visit Sri Lanka for trade. In the 10th century, Abu Zeid al Hasan, an Arab Muslim traveller from Siraf, Persia, stated that there were "a great number of Jews" in Serendib, as Sri Lanka was known to the Arabs. [1] It has also been said that Jewish links with Sri Lanka could go back thousands of years.
While much vocabulary is from Portuguese, its grammar is based on that of Tamil and Sinhala. Depending on where they live in Sri Lanka, Burghers may also additionally speak English and or Tamil. According to the 2012 Census, 73.6% or 24,412 Burghers also spoke English and 38.4% or 12,738 Burghers also spoke Tamil. [14]
History of the Jews in Sri Lanka; Jeanne Hoban; W. Bella Sidney Woolf; Maurice Benedict de Worms This page was last edited on 2 August 2023, at 03:33 (UTC). Text ...
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Anglican and other Protestant missionaries arrived at Sri Lanka during the early 19th century, when the British took control of Sri Lanka from the Dutch. Under British rule missionary work was undertaken by English societies: Baptist, Wesleyan Methodist, the CMS and SPG. [11] The Salvation Army and Jehovah's Witnesses are also present in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan Moor scholar Dr. Ameer Ali in his summary of the origin history of Sri Lankan Moors states the following: 'In actual fact, the Muslims of Sri Lanka are a mixture of Arab, Persian, Dravidian and Malay blood of which the Dravidian element, because of centuries of heavy Indian injection has remained the dominant one.' [11]
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The Sri Lankan Kaffirs (cafrinhas in Portuguese, කාපිරි kāpiriyō in Sinhala, and காப்பிலி kāppili in Tamil) are an ethnic group in Sri Lanka who are partially descended from 16th-century Portuguese traders and Bantu slaves who were brought by them to work as labourers and soldiers [2] to fight against the Sinhala kings.