Ceylon Tamil

GPTKB entity

Statements (85)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Sri_Lankan
gptkbp:country gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:diaspora gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:India
gptkb:Switzerland
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:distinctFrom Indian Tamil of Sri Lanka
gptkbp:festival gptkb:Maha_Shivaratri
gptkb:Navaratri
gptkb:Deepavali
gptkb:Thai_Pongal
gptkbp:historicalName descendants of Tamils in Sri Lanka since ancient times
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ceylon Tamil
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:Tamil
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Jaffna
gptkb:Colombo
gptkb:Batticaloa
gptkb:Trincomalee
gptkb:Vavuniya
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Sri_Lankan_Civil_War
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:S._P._Thamilselvan
gptkb:A._Amirthalingam
gptkb:Kumar_Ponnambalam
gptkb:Radhika_Coomaraswamy
gptkb:Anton_Balasingham
gptkb:Lakshman_Kadirgamar
gptkb:Velupillai_Prabhakaran
gptkb:S._J._V._Chelvanayakam
gptkb:C._V._Vigneswaran
gptkb:G._G._Ponnambalam
gptkb:K._Sarveswaran
gptkb:M._A._Sumanthiran
gptkb:Mavai_Senathirajah
gptkb:R._Sampanthan
gptkb:Chelvanayakam
gptkb:Douglas_Devananda
gptkb:Nadarajah_Raviraj
gptkb:Neelan_Tiruchelvam
gptkb:Suresh_Premachandran
Anandasangaree
K. Kanagaratnam
K. Navaratnam
K. Pathmanathan
K. S. Balachandran
K. S. Ranjan
K. S. S. Nadarajah
K. S. S. Navaratnam
K. S. S. Rajah
K. S. S. Ranjan
K. S. S. Sabaratnam
K. S. S. Sarveswaran
K. S. S. Sivapalan
K. S. S. Thurairatnam
K. S. S. Velayudam
K. S. Sabaratnam
K. S. Sivapalan
K. Sivanesan
K. Thurairatnam
K. Velayudam
Sivaram Dharmeratnam
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Eelam_People's_Democratic_Party
gptkb:Illankai_Tamil_Arasu_Kachchi
gptkb:Tamil_National_Alliance
gptkb:Eelam_People's_Revolutionary_Liberation_Front
gptkbp:population approximately 2.3 million (as of 2012)
gptkbp:region gptkb:Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka
gptkb:Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka
gptkb:Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:relatedEthnicGroup gptkb:Sinhalese
gptkb:Indian_Tamil
gptkb:Moors
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Hinduism
gptkbp:script gptkb:Tamil_script
gptkbp:traditionalOccupation agriculture
fishing
trading
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_Ponnambalam_Arunachalam
gptkb:E._E._C._Thuraisingham
gptkb:S._K._Sittampalam
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7