Indian Tamils

Japanese: インド・タミル人 - いんどたみるじん
Indian Tamils

…The largest ethnic minority group are the Tamils, who make up 18.2% of the total population (1981). Of these, 12.7% are Sri Lankan Tamils, who, like the Sinhalese, have been settled on the island for a long time, while 5.5% are Indian Tamils ​​who came to the island as plantation workers during the British colonial period and have been denied citizenship by both the Sri Lankan and Indian governments. The Marakkala, a Muslim population of about 7.1%, live in the eastern and southwestern coastal regions, and, like the Tamils, speak Tamil as their mother tongue. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Indian Tamils" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…少数民族のうちで最大のものは,タミル人Tamilであり,総人口の18.2%(1981)を占める。このうち12.7%のスリランカ・タミル人は,シンハラ人同様に古くから定住していたが,5.5%のインド・タミル人は英領時代にプランテーション労働者として来島し,スリランカとインドの両国政府から市民権を拒否されている。マラッカラ人Marakkalaと呼ばれるイスラム教徒の住民が約7.1%で東部および南西部の沿海地方に住み,タミル人同様タミル語を母語としている。…

※「インド・タミル人」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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