Sri Lankan British

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Sri Lankan British are people in the United Kingdom of Sri Lankan origin or descent, forming a distinct diaspora community with cultural ties to both Sri Lanka and Britain.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
British Sri Lankan Sinhalese 1
Sri Lankan British canonical 1
Sri Lankan Briton 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diaspora community
ethnic group
citizenshipTypicallyHeld British citizenship
countryOfOrigin Sri Lanka
countryOfResidence United Kingdom
engagesIn Sri Lankan cultural festivals in the United Kingdom
remittances to Sri Lanka
ethnicOriginIncludes Burgher
Sinhalese
Sri Lankan Moors
surface form: Sri Lankan Moor

Sri Lankan Tamil
hasAncestralOrigin Sri Lanka
hasCulturalTieTo British culture
Sri Lankan culture
hasDiasporaInstitutionType Sri Lankan community associations
Sri Lankan cultural organizations
Sri Lankan language schools
Sri Lankan religious centers
includesRefugeeCommunitiesFrom Sri Lankan Civil War
languageUsed English
Sinhala
Tamil
maintainsTransnationalLinksWith Sri Lanka
migrationWave late 20th century migration to the United Kingdom
post-World War II migration to the United Kingdom
notableSubgroup British Sri Lankan Muslims
Sri Lankan British self-linksurface differs
surface form: British Sri Lankan Sinhalese

Sri Lankan diaspora
surface form: British Sri Lankan Tamils
oftenClassifiedUnder Asian or Asian British
Other Asian background
partOf Asian British
South Asian British
Sri Lankan diaspora
recognizedIn United Kingdom census ethnic classifications
religionPracticed Buddhism
Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
settlementConcentration Birmingham
Croydon
East London
Greater London
Harrow
London, England
surface form: London

Manchester
South East England
Wembley
usesDemonym British Sri Lankan
Sri Lankan British self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sri Lankan Briton

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sri Lankan American relatedTo Sri Lankan British
Tamil culture hasDiasporaCommunity Sri Lankan British
this entity surface form: UK Tamils
Sri Lankan British notableSubgroup Sri Lankan British self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: British Sri Lankan Sinhalese
Sri Lankan British usesDemonym Sri Lankan British self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Briton