• Sri Lankan Malay (also known as Sri Lankan Creole Malay, Bahasa Melayu, Ja basawa and Java mozhi) is a creole language spoken in Sri Lanka, formed as a...
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    Sri Lankan Malays (Sinhala: (ශ්‍රී ලංකා) මැලේ ජනතාව Shri Lanka Mæle Janathava (Standard); මැලේ මිනිස්සු / ජා මිනිස්සු Mæle Minissu / Ja Minissu (Colloquially);...
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  • Chinese and Malay cultural practices whilst also retaining their Hindu heritage. Sri Lankan Malay (also known as Sri Lankan Creole Malay, Bahasa Melayu...
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    speak Sri Lankan Portuguese creole. "Sri Lanka – language". Retrieved 20 June 2014. Veddah at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) "Sri Lanka...
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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...
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  • Sri Lanka Indo-Portuguese, Ceylonese Portuguese Creole or Sri Lankan Portuguese Creole (SLPC) is a language spoken in Sri Lanka. While the predominant...
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  • The Malay Chetty creole language (also known as Malaccan Creole Malay, Malacca Malay Creole and Chitties/Chetties Malay) is a Malay-based creole spoken...
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  • Sri Lankan English (SLE) is the English language as it is used in Sri Lanka, a term dating from 1972. Sri Lankan English is principally categorised as...
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    it is not uncommon for Sri Lankan Muslims to be fluent in Sinhalese. The Sri Lankan Malays speak the Sri Lankan Malay creole language in addition to...
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  • the dominating one, particularly in Northern Sri Lanka. They approximately constitute half of the Sri Lankan Tamil population and were the major land-owning...
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  • Portuguese Creole. The Dutch Burghers largely descend from the Dutch people, with mixtures of Dutch and Sri Lankans (either a Dutch father and a Sri Lankan mother...
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  • Loan words in Sri Lankan Tamil came about mostly due contact between colonial powers and the native population. Linguists study a language's lexicon for...
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  • At least three major, parallel caste systems exist in Sri Lankan society: Sinhalese, Sri Lankan Tamil and Indian Tamils. A universal welfare system that...
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    country regained independence following the Sri Lankan independence movement. Periodization of Sri Lanka history: The first Europeans to visit Ceylon...
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    The Sri Lankan independence movement was a peaceful political movement which was aimed at achieving independence and self-rule for the country of Sri Lanka...
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    1980s. The Tamils in Sri Lanka can be divided into two groups, the Sri Lankan Tamils, who are native to the island of Sri Lanka and the Indian Tamils...
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  • standard Malay Kedah Malay, a variety of the Malay languages spoken in Malaysia and Thailand Sri Lanka Malay language, spoken by the Malay race minority...
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    commercial purposes. Malays speak Sri Lanka Malay, a Creole language mixing Sinhala, Tamil and Malay. Many of the Burghers speak Sri Lankan Indo-Portuguese...
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    Kokis (category Sri Lankan desserts and sweets)
    is a deep-fried, crispy Sri Lankan food made from rice flour and coconut milk. Although considered as a traditional Sri Lankan dish, it is believed to...
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    In the history of Sri Lanka, the Kandyan Convention (Sinhala: උඩරට ගිවිසුම, romanized: Udarata Giwisuma) was a treaty signed on 2 March 1815 between the...
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    square miles by elevation category in Sri Lanka, 1959–2000: The most important foreign markets for Sri Lankan tea are the former Soviet bloc countries...
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  • Portuguese Creole, spoken in Kannur, Kerala, estimated less than 20 speakers remaining Ceylon Portuguese Creole, spoken by Portuguese Burghers and Sri Lankan Kaffirs...
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    contributes to the national economy of Sri Lanka. The scientific name of the coconut is Cocos nucifera. Sri Lanka there are three varieties, tall variety...
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    Related peoples British Indian Moors Indian Tamils Malays Languages Sri Lankan English Sri Lankan Creole Malay Sinhala words of English origin Religion Protestantism...
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  • This is a timeline of Sri Lankan history, comprising important & territorial changes and political & economic events in Sri Lanka and its predecessor states...
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    8,900 Malays; 2,200 Veddhas; and 7,500 other. The Censuses of 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901 had shown Ceylon Tamils and Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka grouped...
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    Related peoples British Indian Moors Indian Tamils Malays Languages Sri Lankan English Sri Lankan Creole Malay Sinhala words of English origin Religion Protestantism...
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  • Burgher people (category European diaspora in Sri Lanka)
    and Sri Lankan Portuguese creole, even those of Dutch descent. Portuguese Creole had been the language of trade and communication with Sri Lankans. It...
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  • Mountains Disappear, Sri Lanka. Lankan was privy to WW II covert operation British Empire portal Sri Lanka portal Sri Lankan Army Sri Lankan Navy The Easter...
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    the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, is a Buddhist temple in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is located in the Royal Palace Complex of the former Kingdom of Kandy...
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