Dutch Burgher

E244912
Eurasian community ethnic group

Dutch Burghers are a Eurasian ethnic community from Sri Lanka, primarily descended from Dutch colonial settlers and local populations, known for their distinct cultural and linguistic heritage.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Burgher people 2
Dutch Burgher canonical 1
Dutch Burghers 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eurasian community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
ancestralTerritory Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Ceylon
continent Asia ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
culturalTrait Christian church-centered community life ⓘ
Eurasian cuisine traditions ⓘ
Westernized education patterns ⓘ
use of European surnames ⓘ
demographicTrend declining proportion of Sri Lankan population ⓘ
diaspora Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ethnicOrigin Dutch people ⓘ
Portuguese people ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese Burghers

Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lankans

other European settlers in Ceylon ⓘ
heritage Dutch colonial heritage ⓘ
Sri Lankan cultural heritage ⓘ
historicalLanguage Dutch ⓘ
Sri Lankan Portuguese Creole ⓘ
historicalPeriod British Ceylon ⓘ
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Ceylon
language English ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
legalStatus recognized ethnic community in Sri Lanka ⓘ
namingConvention Anglicized surnames ⓘ
Dutch surnames ⓘ
Portuguese surnames ⓘ
notableOrganization Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon ⓘ
recognizedAs minority group in Sri Lanka ⓘ
region Colombo ⓘ
Galle ⓘ
Negombo ⓘ
Western Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
relatedGroup Dutch Burgher self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Burgher people

Portuguese Burgher ⓘ
Sinhalese ⓘ
Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ
Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
socialCharacteristic historically middle-class and professional occupations ⓘ
historically urban ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Michael Ondaatje → hasEthnicOrigin → Dutch Burgher ⓘ
Sri Lankan diaspora → hasEthnicGroup → Dutch Burgher ⓘ
this entity surface form: Burgher people
Dutch Burgher → relatedGroup → Dutch Burgher self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Burgher people
Burghers (Sri Lanka) → subgroup → Dutch Burgher ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch Burghers