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Sri Lankan Moors

Sri Lankan Moors (Tamil: இலங்கைச் சோனகர், romanized: Ilaṅkaic Cōṉakar; Arwi: اَیلَیچْ چٗونَكَرْ‎; Sinhala: ලංකා යෝනක, romanized: Lanka Yonaka; formerly Ceylon Moors; colloquially referred to as Sri Lankan Muslims) are an ethnic minority group in Sri Lanka, comprising 10.5% of the country's total population. Most of them are native speakers of the Tamil…

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Central
263,874
Eastern
575,936
North Central
101,958
North Western
268,709
Western
709,992

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Sri Lankan Moors

Nodes81
Edges80
Triples123
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.024691
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related to Origins theories · 28
Sri Lankan Moors → Ampara, Arab, Arabic, Batticaloa, During, In, Indian, It, Kerala, Mahroof, Many Sri Lankan Moors, Marakkar, Marakkars, Marikkar, Moors, Muslim, Perera, Recent, Sinhala, Sinhalese
related to Medieval era · 21
Sri Lankan Moors → Alliances, Arab-Muslim, British, Colombo, International, Kandy, Kingdom, Kings, Moor-dominated, Moors, Mukkuvar, Muslims, Portuguese, Robert Knox, Southern India, Sri Lanka, The, The Moors, The Sri Lankan Moors, They
related to Sri Lankan Civil War · 19
Sri Lankan Moors → According, Arab, Islam, Liberation Tigers, LTTE, Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Since, Sinhalese, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil, Tamil Eelam, Tamil-speaking Moors, Tamil-speaking Sri Lankan Moors, Tamils, The LTTE, The Sri Lankan Civil, Their, War
related to Culture · 16
Sri Lankan Moors → Arab, Arabic-Islamic, Islamic, Kiribath, Moors, North African, Sinhala, Sinhalese, Sinhalese People, South Asian, Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil, Thaali, The Moors, The Sri Lankan Moors, While
related to Language · 8
Sri Lankan Moors → According, Arabic, Census, Depending, English, Moorish Tamil, Sinhala, Tamil
see also · 6
Sri Lankan Moors → Islam, MalaysList, Sri Lanka, Sri LankaIndian MoorsList, Sri Lankan MalaysMemons, Sri Lankan MoorsSri Lankan
Central · 1
Sri Lankan Moors → 263,874
Eastern · 1
Sri Lankan Moors → 575,936
North Central · 1
Sri Lankan Moors → 101,958
North Western · 1
Sri Lankan Moors → 268,709

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moors tamil sri lankan muslims lanka population muslim sinhalese also tamils language sinhala indian moor colombo slmt genetic according arab

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Sri Lankan MoorsCentral263,8741.00infobox
Sri Lankan MoorsEastern575,9361.00infobox
Sri Lankan MoorsNorth Central101,9581.00infobox
Sri Lankan MoorsNorth Western268,7091.00infobox
Sri Lankan MoorsWestern709,9921.00infobox
Colomboinstance ofand are Tamil-speaking Marakkars from South India concentrated in commercial ports0.80text
Galleinstance ofand are Tamil-speaking Marakkars from South India concentrated in commercial ports0.80text
and Matarainstance ofand are Tamil-speaking Marakkars from South India concentrated in commercial ports0.80text
the capital city Colomboinstance ofa large population of Moors was expelled from cities0.80text
which had been a Moor-dominated city at that timeinstance ofa large population of Moors was expelled from cities0.80text
North-Eastern Muslim Tamilinstance ofone can also notice ethno-regional variations in SLMT and categorise them into two major sub-dialects0.80text
/binstance ofAnother phonological variation is that SMT uses voiced plosives0.80text

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