Sri Lankan British

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Sri Lankan British are people in the United Kingdom of Sri Lankan origin or descent, forming a distinct diaspora community with cultural ties to both Sri Lanka and Britain.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Sri Lankan British canonical 2
British Sri Lankan Sinhalese 1
Sri Lankan Briton 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diaspora community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
citizenshipTypicallyHeld British citizenship ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Sri Lanka ⓘ
countryOfResidence United Kingdom ⓘ
engagesIn Sri Lankan cultural festivals in the United Kingdom ⓘ
remittances to Sri Lanka ⓘ
ethnicOriginIncludes Burgher ⓘ
Sinhalese ⓘ
Sri Lankan Moor ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lankan Moors

Sri Lankan Tamil ⓘ
hasAncestralOrigin Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasCulturalTieTo British culture ⓘ
Sri Lankan culture ⓘ
hasDiasporaInstitutionType Sri Lankan community associations ⓘ
Sri Lankan cultural organizations ⓘ
Sri Lankan language schools ⓘ
Sri Lankan religious centers ⓘ
includesRefugeeCommunitiesFrom Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
maintainsTransnationalLinksWith Sri Lanka ⓘ
migrationWave late 20th century migration to the United Kingdom ⓘ
post-World War II migration to the United Kingdom ⓘ
notableSubgroup British Sri Lankan Muslims ⓘ
British Sri Lankan Sinhalese ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lankan British

British Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lankan diaspora
oftenClassifiedUnder Asian or Asian British ⓘ
Other Asian background ⓘ
partOf Asian British ⓘ
South Asian British ⓘ
Sri Lankan diaspora ⓘ
recognizedIn United Kingdom census ethnic classifications ⓘ
religionPracticed Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
settlementConcentration Birmingham ⓘ
Croydon ⓘ
East London ⓘ
Greater London ⓘ
Harrow ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Manchester ⓘ
South East England ⓘ
Wembley ⓘ
usesDemonym British Sri Lankan ⓘ
Sri Lankan Briton ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lankan British

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Sri Lankan American → relatedTo → Sri Lankan British ⓘ
Tamil culture → hasDiasporaCommunity → UK Tamils ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lankan British
Sri Lankan British → notableSubgroup → British Sri Lankan Sinhalese ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lankan British
Sri Lankan British → usesDemonym → Sri Lankan Briton ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lankan British
US Tamils → relatedGroup → Tamils in the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lankan British