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.[1]
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 8,500[1] | |
| Languages | |
| Sinhala (especially), Tamil, Sri Lankan English, and Javanese (probably still in use) | |
| Religion | |
| Islam (mainly Sunni) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Sri Lankan Malays |
History
editThe 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.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Javanese in Sri Lanka". joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ Goonewardene, K.W. (July 1843). "Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Vol. VII". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 7: 257. Retrieved 21 April 2020.