Group Name |
Geographical Roots |
Religion |
Spoken |
Written Regional/National Language/s |
Religious Language |
Bangladeshis Bengalis |
Sylhet region of Bangladesh, itself part of Bengal |
Muslim (almost always, small % Hindu) |
Bengali - often called Bangla; Sylheti dialect |
Bengali |
Classical Arabic |
Indians (Panjabis) |
Indian state of Panjab |
Majority Sikh, some Hindus |
Panjabi, many understand Hindi too |
Panjabi for preference, Hindi for some |
Panjabi Sanskrit for Hindus |
Pakistanis |
Pakistani state of Panjab |
Muslim |
Panjabi and Urdu (similar to spoken Hindi) |
Urdu( uses different script from Hindi) |
Classical Arabic |
Indians (Gujeratis) |
Indian State of Gujerat |
Mostly Hindu, some Muslims |
Gujerati, many speak Hindi too |
Gujerati and Hindi |
Sanskrit Classical Arabic for Muslims |
Chinese |
Hong Kong |
Christian Confucian Buddhist |
Cantonese Chinese, sometimes Hakka Chinese |
Chinese (shares same characters as Mandarin Chinese) |
No specific language |
African - Caribbeans |
British Caribbean Islands eg Jamaica, Grenada, Trinidad |
Christian, Rastafarian |
English Creole of Patois (Patwa), or more likely a British form of it |
Usually English |
Rastas might use Patwa |
Welsh |
Wales |
If any religion likely to be non-conformist Christian, eg Methodist |
English and /or Welsh |
Welsh and English |
No specific language |
NB: This chart tries to summarise a huge amount of complex information. While it has been carefully checked for mistakes, it over-simplifies some so it should only be taken as a guide. |