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Ethnogenesis of the Burghers began in the 17th century with the arrival of Portuguese and Dutch colonialists who married local Sinhala and Tamil women, forming a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creole_peoples creole] people. Numbering lessaround thanhalf a million people, a majority of them live in coastal urban areas, practice Christianity, and speak Creole. Many have also emigrated to the [[Netherlands]] and [[New Batavia]].