[5][6][7] The majority of Moors who are not native to Sri Lanka's Northern and Eastern provinces also speak Sinhalese as a second language.

This can be seen from the large number of prominent Sri Lankan Moors who hold the surname of Marikkar (and its variations) and through the extremely strong linguistic and cultural similarities held by these communities.

[13] Some scholars hold the view that the Sri Lankan Moors in general are descended from the Marakkar, Mappilas, Memons, Lebbes, Rowthers and Pathans of South India.

"[23] Another view suggests that the Arab traders, however, adopted the Sinhalese and Tamil languages only after settling in Sri Lanka.

[28] Robert Knox, a British sea captain of the 17th century, noted that the Kings of Kandy built mosques for the Moors.

The arrival and settlement of Arab-Muslim merchants on the island's coastal regions initiated overseas trade and helped unlock the country's economic potential.

[18][33][34] The expulsion of the Muslims from the Northern Province was an act of ethnic cleansing[35][36] carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in October 1990.

Some families have returned and the re-opened Osmania College, a public school in Jaffna which was once a prominent educational institution for the city's Muslim community.

[44] Genetic studies undertaken in the year 2021 by University of Colombo and Genetech Molecular Diagnostics led by Dr Gayani Galhena, made the following observation in paragraph 6, in the faculty of science web publication based on the latest X chromosome fingerprint analysis: "Sinhalese and Moors are genetically closer to each other compared to Sinhalese and Sri Lankan Tamils"[39]

Dr Sarabjit Mastanain found in 1996 based on genetic analysis of human blood group systems from 508 individuals that the cophenetic correlation was 0.8956 which indicates Sinhalese & Tamil as native population.

[45]Burgher Malay Moor Tamil Sinhalese According to a study published in 2021 using 16 X-chromosomal short tandem repeat markers (STRs) conducted on 838 unrelated individuals from the four major ethnicities, there is a sex biased demographic history among Sri Lankan ethnicities.

[14] Sri Lankan Moor Population and Percentage Depending on where they live in the country, they may also additionally speak Tamil, Sinhala and or English.

SLMT has distinct phonological, morphological and lexical differences in comparison to other varieties of SLT since it is influenced by the Arabic language.

This distinctiveness between SLMT and other spoken varieties of SLT brings out the different religious and cultural identities of the Tamil speaking ethnic groups.

In addition, they frequently tend to code-switch and code-mix when they communicate with a non-Muslim or a fellow Muslim in a different region.

[52] The Moors practice several customs and beliefs which they closely share with the Arab, Sri Lankan Tamils, and Sinhalese People.

[18] The late 19th century saw the phase of Islamization of Sri Lankan Moors, primarily under the influence of M. C. Siddi Lebbe.

He was a leading figure in the Islamic revival movement, and strengthened the Muslim identity of the Sri Lankan Moors.