Sri Lankan Tamils

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Tamil ethnic group ethnic group

Sri Lankan Tamils are an ethnic minority primarily inhabiting the northern and eastern regions of Sri Lanka, with a distinct Tamil language, Hindu cultural heritage, and a history marked by demands for autonomy and the impact of prolonged civil conflict.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Sri Lankan Tamils canonical 41
Sri Lankan Tamil 11
Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora 3

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tamil ethnic group ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
censusCategoryIn Sri Lanka ⓘ
conflictPeriod 1983–2009 ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
culturalHeritage Dravidian culture ⓘ
culturalPractice Hindu temple worship ⓘ
Shaivism ⓘ
surface form: Saivism
demographicStatus second-largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka ⓘ
diasporaCommunityIn Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
India ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Sri Lanka ⓘ
ethnicMinorityIn Sri Lanka ⓘ
experiencedEvent Black July ⓘ
anti-Tamil pogroms in Sri Lanka ⓘ
festival Diwali ⓘ
surface form: Deepavali

Tamil New Year ⓘ
Pongal ⓘ
surface form: Thai Pongal
historicalGrievance language policy discrimination ⓘ
standardization of university admissions in Sri Lanka ⓘ
historicalKingdom Jaffna Kingdom ⓘ
involvedInConflict Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ
language Tamil ⓘ
surface form: Tamil language
legalLanguageStatus Tamil as an official language of Sri Lanka ⓘ
mainMilitantOrganization Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ⓘ
majorCity Batticaloa ⓘ
Jaffna ⓘ
Trincomalee ⓘ
politicalDemand federalism in Sri Lanka ⓘ
regional autonomy ⓘ
self-determination ⓘ
politicalMovement Tamil nationalism ⓘ
politicalParty Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi ⓘ
Tamil National Alliance ⓘ
populationGroupIn Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
primaryReligion Hinduism ⓘ
region Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Western Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Sinhalese people ⓘ
Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ
Tamil people ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousInstitution Koneswaram Temple ⓘ
Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil ⓘ
Thirukkoneswaram ⓘ
religiousMinorityIn Sri Lanka ⓘ
traditionalHomeland Sri Lankan Tamil homeland ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
trade ⓘ
writingSystem Tamil script ⓘ

Referenced by (64)

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

Sri Lankan Civil War → ethnicGroupInvolved → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Sri Lankan Moors → relatedGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil → pilgrimageSiteFor → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Nainativu Island (nearby pilgrimage site) → ethnicCommunities → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
subject surface form: Nainativu Island
Northern Province, Sri Lanka → ethnicMajority → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Kandy → ethnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Central Province of Sri Lanka → significantMinority → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam → ethnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Uva Province of Sri Lanka → ethnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
subject surface form: Uva Province
Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka → hasEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
subject surface form: Sabaragamuwa Province
Murugan → majorRegionOfWorship → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Tamil communities
Sinhalese → relatedEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Tamil culture → hasDiasporaCommunity → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Subramanya → worshippedBy → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Sinhala Only policy → affectedEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Kilinochchi District → predominantEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Mannar District (Tamil-speaking areas) → significantCommunity → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaffna Tamils
Mannar District (Tamil-speaking areas) → significantCommunity → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Mannar District (Tamil-speaking areas) → culturalRegionOf → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Tamils in Northern Province
Vavuniya District (Tamil-speaking areas) → hasSignificantEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Batticaloa Tamil → partOf → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Tamil
Batticaloa Tamil → belongsToCommunity → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Colombo Tamil → associatedEthnicity → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Colombo Tamil → associatedEthnicity → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colombo Tamils
Colombo Tamil → relatedDialect → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Tamil
Sri Lankan Tamil cinema → servesCommunity → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Sri Lankan Tamil cinema → audience → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora
Balu Mahendra → ethnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Tamil
Muslim Moors → relatedGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Sri Lankan Canadian → ethnicOrigin → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Tamil
Sri Lankan diaspora → hasEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Sri Lankan diaspora → hasNotableSubgroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora
Sri Lankan Australian → ethnicOrigin → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Tamil
Sri Lankan Australian → hasSubgroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tamil Australian (Sri Lankan origin)
Dutch Burgher → relatedGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Sri Lankan Malaysians → relatedGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan → ethnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Tamil
Moors (Sri Lanka) → relatedGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Vedda people → relatedEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka → ethnicGroupInCountry → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lanka Tamils
Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka → distinctFrom → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Matale → ethnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Mathangi Arulpragasam → ethnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Tamil
Badulla → ethnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Ampara District → hasEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Velupillai Prabhakaran → ethnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Tamil
Black July → mainVictim → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Black July → commemoratedBy → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora
Kataragama → hasEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
Gampaha District → containsEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ