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The Dutch Burghers are an ethnic group in Sri Lanka, of mixed Dutch, Portuguese Burghers and Sri Lankan descent. However, they are a different community when compared with Portuguese Burghers. Originally an entirely Protestant community, many Burghers today remain Christian but belong to a variety of denominations. The Dutch Burghers of Sri Lanka speak English and the local languages Sinhala and Tamil.

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  • Burghers neerlandesos (ca)
  • Dutch Burghers (en)
  • Dutch Burghers (nl)
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  • Els burghers neerlandesos són un grup ètnic de Sri Lanka sorgit de la mescla entre burghers neerlandesos, burghers portuguesos i nadius de Sri Lanka. Són considerats com una comunitat independent dels burghers portuguesos del mateix país. La majoria són protestants i parlen l'anglès, juntament amb les llengües locals: el sinhala i el tàmil. Alguns burghers neerlandesos de la regió de Batticaloa no parlen l'anglès sinó que parlen un idioma crioll entre el tàmil i el portuguès en l'àmbit familiar. La raó de que parlin portuguès és la mescla entre colons neerlandesos i burghers portugueses ara fa uns segles. (ca)
  • The Dutch Burghers are an ethnic group in Sri Lanka, of mixed Dutch, Portuguese Burghers and Sri Lankan descent. However, they are a different community when compared with Portuguese Burghers. Originally an entirely Protestant community, many Burghers today remain Christian but belong to a variety of denominations. The Dutch Burghers of Sri Lanka speak English and the local languages Sinhala and Tamil. (en)
  • De Dutch Burghers zijn een etnische groep in Sri Lanka, van gemengde Nederlandse, Portugese en Sri Lankaanse afkomst. Ze zijn protestants-christelijk, waardoor ze zich onderscheiden van de Portugese Burghers die rooms-katholiek zijn. Ze spreken Engels en de lokale talen Singalees en Tamil. (nl)
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  • Dutch Burghers (en)
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  • Sri Lankan Portuguese Creole, English, Sinhala and Tamil (en)
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  • Dutch Burghers (en)
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  • Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA (en)
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  • Els burghers neerlandesos són un grup ètnic de Sri Lanka sorgit de la mescla entre burghers neerlandesos, burghers portuguesos i nadius de Sri Lanka. Són considerats com una comunitat independent dels burghers portuguesos del mateix país. La majoria són protestants i parlen l'anglès, juntament amb les llengües locals: el sinhala i el tàmil. Alguns burghers neerlandesos de la regió de Batticaloa no parlen l'anglès sinó que parlen un idioma crioll entre el tàmil i el portuguès en l'àmbit familiar. La raó de que parlin portuguès és la mescla entre colons neerlandesos i burghers portugueses ara fa uns segles. (ca)
  • The Dutch Burghers are an ethnic group in Sri Lanka, of mixed Dutch, Portuguese Burghers and Sri Lankan descent. However, they are a different community when compared with Portuguese Burghers. Originally an entirely Protestant community, many Burghers today remain Christian but belong to a variety of denominations. The Dutch Burghers of Sri Lanka speak English and the local languages Sinhala and Tamil. Some Dutch Burghers on the East Coast in Batticaloa do not speak English as their first language but instead a Portuguese-Tamil creole that is still spoken in households. The reason for this is due to the original Dutch settlers there mixing heavily with Portuguese Burgher women centuries ago, hence resulting in Burghers with Dutch surnames (e.g., Barthelot) who speak Portuguese Creole. (en)
  • De Dutch Burghers zijn een etnische groep in Sri Lanka, van gemengde Nederlandse, Portugese en Sri Lankaanse afkomst. Ze zijn protestants-christelijk, waardoor ze zich onderscheiden van de Portugese Burghers die rooms-katholiek zijn. Ze spreken Engels en de lokale talen Singalees en Tamil. Na de onafhankelijkheid van het toenmalige Ceylon in 1947 kwam een exodus van Dutch Burghers op gang. Het nationalisme van de regering-Banderanaike, het verplichte gebruik van de Singalese taal en het wantrouwen jegens een bevolkingsgroep die altijd dicht bij de koloniale overheid had gestaan, brachten minstens 10.000 Dutch Burghers tot de keus om in Australië of een ander Engelstalig land een nieuwe toekomst op te bouwen. (nl)
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