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Maldivian Sri Lankan refer to people of Dhivehi ethnicity living in Sri Lanka, there are approximately 20,000 of them, as of 2013.

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 Maldives the Tivarun who first settled in the islands have migrated to Sri Lanka.

See also

• Maldives–Sri Lanka relations

References

v t e Sri Lankans
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Traditional	Sinhalese Sri Lankan Tamils
Multiracial	Burgher people Dutch Burghers Portuguese Burghers Kaffirs
Immigrants	Chinese Indians Bharatha Chetty Tamil Telugu Japanese Jews Koreans Malays Javanese Maldivians Moors Pathans

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