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- Burgher_people abstract "Burgher people, also known simply as Burghers, are a Eurasian ethnic group in Sri Lanka descended from Portuguese, Dutch, British and other Europeans who settled in the island. Portuguese and Dutch had held the maritime provinces of the island for centuries before the advent of the British Empire. With the establishment of Ceylon as a crown colony, most of those who retained close ties with the Netherlands departed. However, a significant community of Burghers remained and largely adopted the English language. During the nineteenth century they occupied a highly important place in Sri Lankan social and economic life.Portuguese settlers on Ceylon were essentially traders, but wished to form colonies, and Lisbon did nothing to discourage European settlement—even to the extent of advocating intermarriage with the Sinhalese. It was not the policy of the Dutch East India Company to endorse similar unions, although a number of unofficial liaisons between its employees and local women occurred in the late eighteenth century.Burghers may vary from generation to generation in physical characteristics; some intermarried with the British and produced descendants with predominantly European phenotypes, including fair skin and a heavier physique, while others were almost indistinguishable from Sinhalese or Tamils. Most Burgher people have preserved Western customs; especially among those of Portuguese ancestry their European religion, language, and surnames are retained with pride.".
- Burgher_people language Dutch_language.
- Burgher_people language English_language.
- Burgher_people language Sinhalese_language.
- Burgher_people language Sri_Lankan_Portuguese_creole.
- Burgher_people language Tamil_language.
- Burgher_people populationPlace Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka.
- Burgher_people populationPlace Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka.
- Burgher_people populationPlace North_Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka.
- Burgher_people populationPlace Provinces_of_Sri_Lanka.
- Burgher_people populationPlace Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka.
- Burgher_people related British_diaspora.
- Burgher_people related Dutch_people.
- Burgher_people related Portuguese_people.
- Burgher_people related Sinhalese_people.
- Burgher_people related Sri_Lanka_Kaffirs.
- Burgher_people related Sri_Lankan_Chetties.
- Burgher_people related Sri_Lankan_Tamils.
- Burgher_people religion Anglicanism.
- Burgher_people religion Catholic_Church.
- Burgher_people religion Christianity.
- Burgher_people religion Dutch_Reformed_Church.
- Burgher_people thumbnail Alston_Koch_at_the_2009_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference_in_Copenhagen.jpg?width=300.
- Burgher_people totalPopulation "37061".
- Burgher_people wikiPageExternalLink books?id=47wCTCJX9X4C&dq=Carel+Pieter+Brest+van+Kempen&source=gbs_navlinks_s.
- Burgher_people wikiPageExternalLink aboutus.html.
- Burgher_people wikiPageExternalLink www.burgherassocn.org.au.
- Burgher_people wikiPageExternalLink www.theburgherassociation.com.
- Burgher_people wikiPageExternalLink dutch-burghers-sri-lanka-dutch-ceylon.
- Burgher_people wikiPageExternalLink P&P.pdf.
- Burgher_people wikiPageID "1918902".
- Burgher_people wikiPageLength "18180".
- Burgher_people wikiPageOutDegree "86".
- Burgher_people wikiPageRevisionID "700341148".
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Anglicanism.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Baila.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Baster.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Batticaloa.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Bol_fiado.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Bourgeoisie.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink British_Ceylon.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink British_Empire.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink British_diaspora.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Cape_Coloureds.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Category:Burgher_people.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Category:Dutch_diaspora_in_Asia.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ethnic_groups_of_partial_European_ancestry.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Category:European_diaspora_in_Sri_Lanka.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Category:Multiracial_affairs_in_Asia.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Category:Portuguese_diaspora_in_Asia.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Catholic_Church.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Christianity.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Churching_of_women.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Colombo.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Coloured.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Crown_colony.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Dutch_Burgher_Union_of_Ceylon.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Dutch_East_India_Company.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Dutch_Reformed_Church.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Dutch_language.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Dutch_people.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink English_language.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Eurasian_(mixed_ancestry).
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Fernandes.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Foenandes.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Frikkadel.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Galle.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Gampaha.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Government_of_Sri_Lanka.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Heritage_association.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Ijzer_koekjes.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Indo_people.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Jaffna.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Kingdom_of_Kandy.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Lacemaking.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Love_cake.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Marrano.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Matara,_Sri_Lanka.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Mestiços_(Sri_Lanka).
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Mirano.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Multiracial.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Netherlands.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Niddah.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Phenotype.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Portuguese-based_creole_languages.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Portuguese_people.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Provinces_of_Sri_Lanka.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Regiment_de_Meuron.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Richard_Ottley.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Saint_Nicholas_Day.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Sari.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Sarong.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Sinhalese_language.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Sinhalese_people.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Southern_Netherlands.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Sri_Lanka.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Sri_Lanka_Kaffirs.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Sri_Lankan_Chetties.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Sri_Lankan_Portuguese_creole.
- Burgher_people wikiPageWikiLink Sri_Lankan_Tamils.