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The Portuguese Burghers are an ethnic group in Sri Lanka of mixed Portuguese and Sri Lankan descent. They are Roman Catholic and spoke the Sri Lanka Indo-Portuguese language a creole based on Portuguese. In modern times English has become the common language while Sinhalese is taught in school as a second language.

language
Tamil language, Sri Lankan Portuguese creole, Sinhala language
population place
Sri Lanka
related
Sinhalese people, Sri Lankan Tamil people, Portuguese people, Dutch Burghers, Sri Lanka Kaffirs, Burgher people
religion
Christian denomination, Catholic Church
total population
5000

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