| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 5,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA | |
| Languages | |
| Sri Lankan Portuguese Creole, Portuguese, English, Sinhala and Tamil | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholic and other Christian denominations | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Luso-Asians, Luso-Indians, Burgher people, Portuguese, Dutch Burghers, Sinhalese, Kaffirs & Sri Lankan Tamils |
The Portuguese Burghers[1][2][3] are an ethnic group in Sri Lanka, of mixed Portuguese and Sri Lankan descent.[4] They are largely Roman Catholic and some still speak the Sri Lanka Indo-Portuguese language, a creole based on Portuguese mixed with Sinhalese.[5] In modern times, English has become the common language while Sinhalese is taught in school as a second language. Portuguese Burghers sometimes mixed with but are to be distinguished from other Burgher people, such as Dutch Burghers.[6]
- ^ DeVotta, Neil (2004). Blowback: Linguistic Nationalism, Institutional Decay, and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka. Stanford University Press. p. 276. ISBN 9780804749244.
- ^ "The Portuguese Burghers" (PDF). Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ Müller, J.B. "One Nation : diversity and multiculturalism". Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ West, Barbara A. (2009). Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Asia and Oceania. Infobase Publishing. p. 1025. ISBN 9781438119137.
- ^ McGilvray, Dennis B. (1982). Dutch Burghers and Portuguese Mechanics: Eurasian Ethnicity in Sri Lanka. Cambridge University Press.
- ^ "History of the Dutch in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)". Retrieved 24 January 2016.