What is an ethnic minority within Sri Lanka

A. Welsh (Wales)

B. Tamils (ealam)

C. Bretons (brittney)

D. Chechens (Chechnya)

E. Catalons (Catalonia)

The correct answer is: Tamils.

There was recently a civil war in Sri Lanka between the majority Sinhalese (who are Buddhist) and the minority Tamils (which are Hindu) - the organization supporting independence of the Tamils is known as the Tamil Tigers