up-country Tamils

E940790

Tamil-speaking community ethnic group minority group in Sri Lanka

Up-country Tamils are a Tamil-speaking community in Sri Lanka, largely descended from Indian laborers brought by the British to work on central highland plantations, with a distinct social and cultural identity from other Sri Lankan Tamils.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Up-country Tamils	0

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Tamil-speaking community ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ minority group in Sri Lanka ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Hill Country Tamils NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Plantation Tamils NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancestralOrigin	Kerala NERFINISHED ⓘ South India NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED ⓘ
broughtBy	British colonial administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenshipIssues	faced statelessness after Sri Lankan independence ⓘ
citizenshipLegislation	affected by Ceylon Citizenship Act of 1948 ⓘ affected by Indian and Pakistani Residents Citizenship Act of 1949 ⓘ
colonialPeriodMigration	19th century ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ
culturalFeatures	distinct dialect of Tamil ⓘ festivals linked to Hindu traditions ⓘ plantation-based village culture ⓘ
distinctFrom	Sinhalese NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lankan Moors NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lankan Tamils NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup	Tamils NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalOrigin	Indian Tamil laborers brought to Sri Lanka under British colonial rule ⓘ
historicalStatus	indentured laborers under British rule ⓘ
laborSystem	kangani system of recruitment ⓘ
languageVariety	Indian Tamil dialects of Sri Lanka ⓘ
laterCitizenship	gradually granted Sri Lankan citizenship in late 20th century ⓘ
mainRegions	Central Province of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Uva Province of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorIndustryAssociation	Sri Lankan tea industry ⓘ
politicalRepresentation	Ceylon Workers’ Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ Up-Country People’s Front NERFINISHED ⓘ other plantation Tamil parties ⓘ
populationDistribution	estate settlements in hill country ⓘ primarily rural ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedGroup	Indian Tamils NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lankan Tamils NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ
repatriationAgreements	Sirima–Indira Pact NERFINISHED ⓘ Sirima–Shastri Pact NERFINISHED ⓘ
socioeconomicStatus	concentrated in plantation sector ⓘ historically marginalized ⓘ
traditionalOccupation	estate work ⓘ rubber plantation labor ⓘ tea plantation labor ⓘ

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

Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka → populationGroup → up-country Tamils ⓘ