Sri Lankan Malay People (; are Sri Lankans with full or partial ancestry from the Indonesian /Malaysian/Singaporean (most of whom are from Indonesia of Betawian descent and some of them actually from full or partial ancestry of Arab origins of Hadhramawth Southern Arabia = Southern part of present day of Yemen%DIFDELCMD < ] %%% who came for trading in Batavia Old Jakrta of Dutch colonial period%DIFDELCMD < ]%%% ) . The term is a misnomer as it is used as a historical catch-all term for all native ethnic groups of the Malay Archipelago who reside in Sri Lanka; the term does not apply solely to the ethnic Malays. They number approximately 40,000 and make up 0.2\% of the Sri Lankan population, making them the fourth largest of the five main ethnic groups in the country. Sri Lankan Malays first settled in the country when both Sri Lanka and Indonesia were Dutch colonies (1640–1796), while a second wave (1796–1948) came from the Malay Peninsula (Especially from Malaysia and Singapore) , when both Malaya and Sri Lanka were in the British Empire. However, Sri Lanka has had a longer history of Malay presence dating back to as early as the 13th century. Distinct to the present-day Sri Lankan Malay population, these Malay migrants were primarily Buddhists who intermarried into the Sinhalese population. Sri Lankan scholars suggest that the Sinhalese population possesses a notable Malay connection due to this, meaning a significant portion of the Sri Lankan population would have at least some Malay ancestry.
Sri Lankan Malays (; are Sri Lankans with full or partial ancestry from the Indonesian %DIFDELCMD < ] %%% %DIFDELCMD < ]%%% Archipelago, Malaysia, or Singapore . The term is a misnomer as it is used as a historical catch-all term for all native ethnic groups of the Malay Archipelago who reside in Sri Lanka; the term does not apply solely to the ethnic Malays. They number approximately 40,000 and make up 0.2\% of the Sri Lankan population, making them the fourth largest of the five main ethnic groups in the country. Sri Lankan Malays first settled in the country when both Sri Lanka and Indonesia were Dutch colonies (1640–1796), while a second wave (1796–1948) came from the Malay Peninsula , when both Malaya and Sri Lanka were in the British Empire. However, Sri Lanka has had a longer history of Malay presence dating back to as early as the 13th century. Distinct to the present-day Sri Lankan Malay population, these Malay migrants were primarily Buddhists who intermarried into the Sinhalese population. Sri Lankan scholars suggest that the Sinhalese population possesses a notable Malay connection due to this, meaning a significant portion of the Sri Lankan population would have at least some Malay ancestry.
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Malay People
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/Malaysian/Singaporean (most of whom are from Indonesia of Betawian descent and some of them actually from full or partial ancestry of Arab origins of Hadhramawth
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Southern Arabia = Southern part of present day of Yemen
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who came for trading in Batavia
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Old Jakrta of Dutch colonial period
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Archipelago, Malaysia, or Singapore
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(Especially from Malaysia and Singapore)