Eurasian Singaporeans

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Eurasian Singaporeans are Singaporeans of mixed European–Asian descent. This group largely includes, but is not limited to, the creole Portuguese–Malay Kristang people, who mostly originate from Malacca. They form a distinct sub-group within the Eurasian community, maintaining their own unique language, culture, and identity. The Asian ancestry of Eurasian Singaporeans largely traces to Singapore in the Straits Settlements, British Malaya, British India, Portuguese India, the Dutch East Indies and sometimes to a lesser extent French Indochina and other colonies, while their European ancestry trace back primarily to Western and Southwestern Europe; particularly the British Isles, the Netherlands, and Portugal, although Eurasian settlers to Singapore in the 19th century also came from other European colonies. When the European maritime powers colonised Asian countries from the 16th to 20th centuries, they brought into being a new group of commingled ethnicities known historically as Eurasians...

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