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Sri Lanka Buddhist Temple (from Lorong Timur), Sentul, Kuala Lumpur Sri Kandaswamy Kovil along Jalan Scott. In Kuala Lumpur, the Ceylon Tamil population was mainly concentrated in Brickfields and Sentul because of the proximity of the Administrative Centre of the Malayan Railway (opposite the railway station) and the Sentul Workshop.
Sri Lankan Malays are primarily of Javanese, [7] Ambonese, [7] Bandanese, [7] Balinese, [7] Madurese, [7] Malay, [7] Bugis, [7] and Peranakan Chinese [8] descent. They number approximately 40,000 and make up 0.2% of the Sri Lankan population, making them the fourth largest of the five main ethnic groups in the country.
The Sri Lankan diaspora are Sri Lankan emigrants and expatriates from Sri Lanka that reside in a foreign country.. An estimate in 2013 by the United Nations concluded that the diaspora numbered around three million, with large concentrations in Europe, Middle East, East Asia, Australia and North America.
The Sinhalese people (Sinhala: සිංහල ජනතාව, romanized: Sinhala Janathāva), also known as the Sinhalese or Sinhala people are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group native to the island of Sri Lanka. [15][16] They are the largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka, constituting about 75% of the Sri Lankan population and number more ...
Malaysian Indians form the fifth-largest community of Overseas Indians in the world. [5] In Malaysia, they represent the third-largest group, constituting 7% of the Malaysian population, after the ethnic Malays and the Chinese. [1] They are usually referred to simply as "Indians" in English, Orang India in Malay, " Yin du ren " in Chinese.
Sri Lankan diaspora by country. Sri Lankan diaspora in Asia. Asian diaspora in Malaysia. Malaysia–Sri Lanka relations.
Malaysia is one of the major trade partners of Sri Lanka, [6] and among the leading investors in the country, trade relations are expected to reach U$1 billion in 2015. [7] [8] In 2011, trade between the two countries reached U$814 million, with exports from Malaysia amounting to U$644 million and imports accounting for U$169 million. [9]
This category page lists notable citizens of Malaysia of Sri Lankan ethnic or national origin or descent, whether partial or full. The main article for this category is Sri Lankans in Malaysia . Subcategories