Sri Lankan American
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A Sri Lankan American is a U.S. resident or citizen of Sri Lankan heritage, often maintaining cultural ties to Sri Lanka while participating in American social, economic, and cultural life.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Asian American subgroup
→
Sri Lankan diaspora → diaspora community → ethnic group → |
| citizenshipStatus |
mayBeUSCitizen
→
mayBeUSPermanentResident → |
| commonProfession |
ITProfessional
→
academic → engineer → healthcareProfessional → |
| continentOfOrigin |
Asia
→
|
| countryOfResidence |
United States
→
|
| culturalPractice |
celebratesSriLankanNewYear
→
maintainsSriLankanCuisine → participatesInSriLankanReligiousFestivals → |
| demographicCharacteristic |
oftenBilingualOrMultilingual
→
oftenHighlyEducated → |
| engagesIn |
SriLankaRelatedPhilanthropy
→
SriLankaRelatedPoliticalAdvocacy → transnationalRemittances → |
| hasHeritageFrom |
Sri Lanka
→
|
| hasOrganizationType |
culturalAssociation
→
professionalNetwork → religiousOrganization → studentAssociation → |
| languageUsed |
English
→
Sinhala → Sri Lankan English → Tamil → |
| maintainsCulturalTiesWith |
Sri Lanka
→
|
| migrationReason |
education
→
employment → familyReunification → refugeFromCivilConflict → |
| migrationWave |
post1965ImmigrationToUnitedStates
→
|
| partOf |
Asian Americans
→
South Asian Americans → |
| relatedTo |
Sinhalese American
→
Sri Lankan Australian → Sri Lankan British → Sri Lankan Canadian → Tamil American → |
| religion |
Buddhism
→
Christianity → Hinduism → Islam → |
| settlementCountryRegion |
California
→
MidwesternUnitedStates → NortheasternUnitedStates → |
| settlementPattern |
urbanAreas
→
|
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Asian American
→
|
hasPart |