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Describe about the ethnic structure of Sri Lanka ? ( this is long answer type question and the best answer will be rewarded as "BRAINLIEST" ).​

Answer 1

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✔ Sri Lanka has a diverse population. The Sinhalese community forms the majority of the population (74%) with Tamils (18%) who are mostly concentrated in the north and east of the island, forming the largest ethnic minority.

✔ Other communities include the Muslims. Among Tamils, there are two sub-groups.

✔ The Tamil natives of the country are called ‘Sri Lankan Tamils’ (13 %). The Tamils, who were brought as indentured labourers from India by British colonists to work on estate plantations are called the ‘Indian Origin Tamils’ (5%).

✔ Most of the Sinhala-speaking people are Buddhists, while most of the Tamils are Hindus or Muslims. There are about 7 per cent Christians, who are both Tamil and Sinhalese.

Ethnic Composition of Sri Lanka :

i) 74 percent sinhala speakers

ii) 18 percent tamil speakers

iii) tamils speakers were divided into 2 subgrps

iv) Srilankan Tamils n Indian Tamils - Sri lankan Tamils were 13 percent n rest 5 percent were Indian Tamils

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Answer 2

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• The Sinhalese make up 74.9% of the population (according to 2012 census) and are concentrated in the densely populated south-west and central parts of the island.
• The Sri Lanka Tamils, who live predominantly in the north and east of the island, form the largest minority group at 11.1% (according to the 2012 census) of the population.The Moors, descendants of Arab traders that settled in Sri Lanka and married local women, form the third largest ethnic group at 9.3% of the population.
• They are mostly concentrated in urban areas in the southern parts of the island with substantial populations in the Central and Easternprovinces. During times of Portuguese colonization, Moors were persecuted, and many forced to retreat to the central highlands and the eastern coast.
• There are also Indian Tamils who form a distinct ethnic group comprising 4.1% of the population.The British brought them to Sri Lanka in the 19th century as tea and rubber plantation workers, and they remain concentrated in the "tea country" of south-central Sri Lanka.
• The Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka were considered to be "stateless" and over 300 000 Indian Tamils were deported back to India, due to the agreement between Sri Lanka and India in 1964.Under the pact, India granted citizenship to the remainder, some 200,000 of whom now live in India. Another 75,000 Indian Tamils, who themselves or whose parents once applied for Indian citizenship, now wish to remain in Sri Lanka.
• The government has stated these Tamils will not be forced to return to India, although they are not technically citizens of Sri Lanka. By the 1990s most Indian Tamils had received Sri Lankan citizenship, and some even were not granted Sri Lankan citizenship until 2003.
• Smaller minorities include the Malays who descend from Austronesian settlers, the Burghers, who are descendants of Europeancolonists, principally from Portugal, the Netherlands and the UK and ethnic Chinesemigrants who came to the island in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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