மலேசியத் தமிழர்கள் | |
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.jpg) A group of Tamil people in British Malaya, 1898. | |
| Total population | |
| Approximately 1,971,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia) Singapore | |
| Languages | |
| Malaysian Tamil, English and Malay | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Tamil, Tamil Muslim, Indian Tamils, Myanmar Tamils, Indian Singaporeans, Sri Lankan Tamil, Malaysian Malayali, Telugu Malaysians, Dravidians |
Tamil Malaysians, also known as Malaysian Tamilar, are people of full or partial Tamil descent who were born in or immigrated to Malaysia from Tamil Nadu, India and the Tamil regions of north-east Sri Lanka. The majority of 1.8–2 million people 80% of the Malaysian Indian populations in Malaysia were from Indian Tamil ethnic groups from Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. The bulk of Tamil Malaysian migration began during the British Raj, when Britain facilitated the migration of Indian workers to work in plantations. There are, however, some established Tamil communities from before British colonialism.[2][3]
- ^ Project, Joshua. "Tamil (Hindu traditions) in Malaysia".
- ^ Culture and economy:Tamils in the plantation sector 1998-99 Archived 2017-03-24 at the Wayback Machine (April 2000)
- ^ Ethnic identity and News Media preference in Malaysia Archived 2007-08-28 at the Wayback Machine (November 2006)