What was decisively different between Ceylon and Malaya, however, is found in the fact that, in Ceylon, both major communities consider themselves to be natives, having both lived on the land they hold for over twenty centuries.
然而锡兰和马来亚之间具有决定性的不同点是：在锡兰，两个主要种族群体都认为自己是在这片土地上生活了两千多年的原住民。