Javanese Sri Lankans Explained

Group:Javanese Sri Lankans
Population:8,500
Langs:Languages of Sri Lanka

JavaneseSri Lankan MalaySinhala
Some Tamil and English

Rels:Islam
Related:JavaneseMalaysSri Lankan MalaysSri Lankan MoorsBuginese

Javanese Sri Lankans (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලාංකා මැලේ, Ja Minissu) are Sri Lankan people with full or partial ancestry of Javanese descent. They have originated from the island of Java (particularly Central Java), Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia). There are approximately 8,500 Javanese Sri Lankan lives in Sri Lanka.

History

The Javanese immigrants came to Sri Lanka when both Sri Lanka and Indonesia were Dutch colonies. These immigrants including convicts and members of noble houses from the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia), who were exiled to Sri Lanka and who never left.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Goonewardene . K.W. . July 1843 . Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Vol. VII. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society . 7 . 257 . 21 April 2020.