Maldivians in Sri Lanka

Maldivian Sri Lankan

Total population
10,000 (2006)
Languages
Dhivehi, English, Sinhalese
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Sinhalese people

Maldivian Sri Lankan refer to people of Dhivehi ethnicity living in Sri Lanka, there are appropriately 10,000 of them, as of 2006.

History

Sinhalese people, as well as Bengali people and Oriya people have connections to Mahl people due to long-lasting contact through trade and travel. Local oral tradition says that when Mahls went to the Maldivies the Tivarun who first settled in the islands have migrated to Sri Lanka

See also

• Sri Lankan Maldivian
• Maldivies – Sri Lanka relations

References