What's your background?

[north_malaysian]

What's your nationality?
Where were you born?
What's your ethnic/ancestry?
What languages u speak?


Mine:

Nationality: Malaysian
Birthplace: George Town, Malaysia
Ethnic/Ancestry: Malay-Acehnese-Betawi-Dutch-Thai
Languages: Malay, English, some Arabic.

[Isaac]

Nationality: British
Birthplace: Berkshire, UK
Ethnic/Ancestry: Indian Kashmiri + Pakistani
Languages: English, Urdu, Punjabi, some Arabic and French.

[------]

What's your nationality? British
Where were you born? UK!
What's your ethnic/ancestry? Pakistani!!!
What languages u speak? English, Urdu, Punjabi!

[Umu 'Isa]

:sl:
What's your nationality? Australian
Where were you born? WA, Australia
What's your ethnic/ancestry? Irish
What languages u speak? English... :(

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[youngsister]

:sl:
What's your nationality? British
Where were you born? Somalia
What's your ethnic/ancestry? Somali
What languages u speak? Italien, English bit of German:sister:

[Hajar]

:sl:

What's your nationality? Moroccan and Dutch
Where were you born? Leidschendam, Holland
What's your ethnic/ancestry? Dutch, Moroccan
What languages u speak? Dutch, English, German, a lil French, Arabic


:w:

[dianputri]

What's your nationality?
Where were you born?
What's your ethnic/ancestry?
What languages u speak?


Mine:

Nationality: Malaysian
Birthplace: George Town, Malaysia
Ethnic/Ancestry: Malay-Acehnese-Betawi-Dutch-Thai
Languages: Malay, English, some Arabic.

Wow,,,,
ok,,i will try to answer,,,

bismillahirrahmanirrahim,,,

mine :

nationality : indonesia
birthplace : Halim perdana kusumah Jakarta, Indonesia
ethnic / ancestry : little bit Sumatra, little bit Javanese ,
languanges : indonesia languange, minangkabaunese, gaul, slank, english.

yeah,,,i'm pure jakarta indonesian kid....:D

:sl:

[Muslim Knight]

What's your nationality?
Where were you born?
What's your ethnic/ancestry?
What languages u speak?

Mine:

Nationality: Malaysian
Birthplace: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ethnic/Ancestry: Malay-Minang
Languages: Malay, English, rudimentary form of Arabic (does Arab people talk with proper tajwid?).

[Nawal89]

Nationality: Malaysian
Birthplace: Melaka, Malaysia
Ethnic/Ancestry: Malaysian, Bahamaian..and a bit more
Languages: English Malay Arabic.

[thussain1]

What's your nationality? British
Where were you born? Pakistan
What's your ethnic/ancestry? Pakistani!!!
What languages u speak? English, Urdu, Punjabi!

[Mawaddah]

What's your nationality? Malaysian
Where were you born? Melaka, Malaysia
What's your ethnic/ancestry? Malaysian,Indonesian,Indian,Arab,African,Scottish :D
What languages u speak? English,Arabic,Malay

[I R Paki]

What's your nationality? pakistani
Where were you born? uk
What's your ethnic/ancestry? pakistani
What languages u speak?english, urdu, mirpuri, punjabi, some french, dutch.

[Sunflower]

What's your nationality? British
Where were you born? UK
What's your ethnic/ancestry? Somali/Arabic
What languages u speak? Somali, Arabic English, French

[Vaseline]

What's your nationality? Australian
Where were you born? Australia
What's your ethnic/ancestry? India, Bengali --> Pakistani (dad was born in Bangladesh but moved to pakland at a young age so he considers himself a pakistani...)
What languages u speak? Urdu/Hindi, english and about 10 words of Arabic =)

[Isra]

What's your nationality? American
Where were you born? Seaford, Delaware, U.S.A.
What's your ethnic/ancestry? Italian, Irish, Hungarian, German
What languages u speak?English, French and some Arabic

[S_87]

:sl:

What's your nationality? dual nationality- british barbadian
Where were you born? st micheal barbados
What's your ethnic/ancestry? indian
What languages u speak the only language i know properly is english

[north_malaysian]

Wow, lots of Muslims have European blood here, I'm amazed!

[Neema]

What's your nationality? Canadian
Where were you born? Somalia
What's your ethnic/ancestry? Somali
What languages u speak? Somali, English, a lil Arabic & French

[north_malaysian]

UP TO DATE 17 people gave their background:

Those 17 claims

NATIONALITIES

1) British - 6 (35.29%)
2) Malaysian - 4 (23.53%)
3) Australian - 2 (11.77%)
4) American - 1 (5.88%)
5) Barbadian - 1 (5.88%)
6) Canadian - 1 (5.88%)
7) Dutch - 1 (5.88%)
8) Indonesian - 1 (5.88%)
9) Moroccan - 1 (5.88%)
10) Pakistani - 1 (5.88%)

ETHNICS/ANCESTRIES

1) Pakistani - 5 (29.41%)
2) Indian - 3 (17.65%)
3) Somali - 3 (17.65%)
4) Arab - 2 (11.77%)
5) Dutch - 2 (11.77%)
6) Irish - 2 (11.77%)
7) Malay - 2 (11.77%)
8) Malaysian - 2 (11.77%)
9) Acehnese - 1 (5.88%)
10) African - 1 (5.88%)
11) Bahamian - 1 (5.88%)
12) Bengali - 1 (5.88%)
13) Betawi - 1 (5.88%)
14) German - 1 (5.88%)
15) Hungarian - 1 (5.88%)
16) Indian Kashmiri - 1 (5.88%)
17) Indonesian - 1 (5.88%)
18) Italian - 1 (5.88%)
19) Javanese - 1 (5.88%)
20) Minangkabau - 1 (5.88%)
21) Moroccan - 1 (5.88%)
22) Scottish - 1 (5.88%)
23) Sumatran - 1 (5.88%)
24) Thai - 1 (5.88%)

LANGUAGES
1) English - 17 (100.00%)
2) Arabic - 10 (58.82%)
3) French - 6 (35.29%)
4) Urdu - 5 (29.41%)
5) Malay - 4 (23.53%)
6) Punjabi - 4 (23.53%)
7) Dutch - 2 (11.77%)
8) German - 2 (11.77%)
9) Somali - 2 (11.77%)
10) Hindi - 1 (5.88%)
11) Indonesian - 1 (5.88%)
12) Italian - 1 (5.88%)
13) Minangkabau - 1 (5.88%)
14) Mirpuri - 1 (5.88%)

BIRTHPLACE
1) Malaysia - 4 (23.53%)
2) United Kingdom - 4 (23.53%)
3) Australia - 2 (11,77%)
4) Somalia - 2 (11.77%)
5) Barbados - 1 (5.88%)
6) Indonesia - 1 (5.88%)
7) Netherlands - 1 (5.88%)
8) Pakistan - 1 (5.88%)
9) United States - 1 (5.88%)

[Ansar Al-'Adl]

:sl:
Good job keeping track of the stats there, br. north_malaysian! :) Mashaa'Allah we have a very diverse community.

We also have a forum map where members can add their locations:
http://www.islamicboard.com/vbgooglemapme.php

:w:

[north_malaysian]

Good maps, but it only tells the locations. I hope everybody can submit their backgrounds and I'll try figure out the statistics on daily basis - Inshallah!!

[syilla]

[QUOTE=north_malaysian;375624]What's your nationality?
Where were you born?
What's your ethnic/ancestry?
What languages u speak?


malaysia
in the heart of malaysia
chinese (from my mother side-chinese trader my great grandfather), indian (from my father side), kelantan and sarawak.
i speak malay, english, kelantanese, sarawakian, japanese (just joking only 0.50% of the words).

[abdmez]

What's your nationality? Huge mix from all sides... lol. :-)
Where were you born? Jerusalem
What's your ethnic/ancestry? Arab
What languages u speak? Hebrew, Arabic, English

[Malaikah]

Nationality: Australian
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
Ethnic/Ancestry: Lebanese
Languages: English, Lebanese, little bit Indonesian

:D

[north_malaysian]

What's your nationality? [B]Huge mix from all sides... lol. :-)

Huge mix from all sides? It's hard to count your nationality/nationalities in the stats then. Hmmmmm...... Can i put your nationality as 'MIXED' or 'UNIDENTIFIED'?

[north_malaysian]

chinese (from my mother side-chinese trader my great grandfather), indian (from my father side), kelantan and sarawak.

Can I classified Sarawakian and Kelantanese under Malay? Unless your Sarawakian ancestry has bidayuh/iban/melanau ancestries.

[north_malaysian]

I'll count these figures on daily basis (next one tomorrow) so ask everybody to put their backgrounds here. Shukran!

[syilla]

Can I classified Sarawakian and Kelantanese under Malay? Unless your Sarawakian ancestry has bidayuh/iban/melanau ancestries.

not fair.....is minangkabau consider malay?

i want to be unique and mixed too...ehehe...

[Woodrow]

Nationality: North American

Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut USA

Ethnic/Ancestry: Mixed: Lithuanian, Chinese, Scottish, Russian, English,
Plus a few others

Languages: English, Arabic, Spanish and a usable amount of
French, German, Russian

[snakelegs]

What's your nationality? American
Where were you born? u.s.
What's your ethnic/ancestry? mixed/not sure
What languages u speak? English, some hebrew and i'm teaching myself urdu.

[ALL 4 IsLaM]

Nationality: American
Place of Birth: Karachi, Pakistan
Ethinicity: Pakistani/Inidan
Languages: English, Urdu, Partial Arabic

[north_malaysian]

not fair.....is minangkabau consider malay?

i want to be unique and mixed too...ehehe...

Ok lah. Minangkabau, Betawi, Malaysian and Sumatra can be categorized as MAlays, but I've seperated them. I'll put Kelantanese and Sarawakian as separate ancestries.

[Muslim Knight]

Ok lah. Minangkabau, Betawi, Malaysian and Sumatra can be categorized as MAlays, but I've seperated them. I'll put Kelantanese and Sarawakian as separate ancestries.

You'll have more job soon separating other races their sub-ethnicities. ;D;D

Hey I'm half-Minang but I feel all Malay and Malaysian.

[north_malaysian]

You'll have more job soon separating other races their sub-ethnicities. ;D;D

Hey I'm half-Minang but I feel all Malay and Malaysian.

I dont mind, if someone feels he/she wanted to be called as Kuala Lumpurian, or Ipohese or Kepala Batasan. I'll put it as seperate ethnic/ancestry.

[Umm Khalid06]

What's your nationality? British
Where were you born? Royal Free Hospital, london
What's your ethnic/ancestry? Greek, Italian,
What languages u speak? Greek, English, bit of Italian and French

[Muslim Knight]

I dont mind, if someone feels he/she wanted to be called as Kuala Lumpurian, or Ipohese or Kepala Batasan. I'll put it as seperate ethnic/ancestry.

Kuala Lumpurian sounds downright ugly hehehehehe... (that one gets me laughing everytime) Years ago I heard these people addressing themselves KLites. Duhhh :rollseyes

[north_malaysian]

UP TO DATE 24 people gave their background:

Those 24 claims

NATIONALITIES

1) British - 7 (29.17%)
2) Malaysian - 5 (20.83%)
3) Australian - 3 (12.50%)
4) American - 3 (12.50%)
5) Barbadian - 1 (4.17%)
6) Canadian - 1 (4.17%)
7) Dutch - 1 (4.17%)
8) Indonesian - 1 (4.17%)
9) Mixed - 1 (4.17%)
10) Moroccan - 1 (4.17%)
11) North American - 1 (4.17%)
10) Pakistani - 1 (4.17%)

ETHNICS/ANCESTRIES

1) Pakistani - 6 (25.00%)
2) Indian - 5 (20.83%)
3) Arab - 3 (12.50%)
4) Somali - 3 (12.50%)
5) Dutch - 2 (8.33%)
6) Irish - 2 (8.33%)
7) Italian - 2 (8.33%)
8) Chinese - 2 (8.33%)
9) Malay - 2 (8.33%)
10) Malaysian - 2 (8.33%)
11) Scottish - 2 (8.33%)
12) Acehnese - 1 (4.17%)
13) African - 1 (4.17%)
14) Bahamian - 1 (4.17%)
15) Bengali - 1 (4.17%)
16) Betawi - 1 (4.17%)
17) English - 1 (4.17%)
18) German - 1 (4.17%)
19) Greek - 1 (4.17%)
20) Hungarian - 1 (4.17%)
21) Indian Kashmiri - 1 (4.17%)
22) Indonesian - 1 (4.17%)
23) Javanese - 1 (4.17%)
24) Kelantanese - 1 (4.17%)
25) Lebanese - 1 (4.17%)
26) Lithuanian - 1 (4.17%)
27) Minangkabau - 1 (4.17%)
28) Mixed - 1 (4.17%)
29) Moroccan - 1 (4.17%)
30) Russian - 1 (4.17%)
31) Sarawakian - 1 (4.17%)
32) Sumatran - 1 (4.17%)
33) Thai - 1 (4.17%)

LANGUAGES
1) English - 24 (100.00%)
2) Arabic - 13 (54.17%)
3) French - 8 (33.33%)
4) Urdu - 7 (29.17%)
5) Malay - 5 (20.83%)
6) Punjabi - 4 (16.67%)
7) German - 3 (12.50%)
8) Dutch - 2 (8.33%)
9) Hebrew - 2 (8.33%)
10) Indonesian - 2 (8.33%)
11) Italian - 2 (8.33%)
12) Somali - 2 (8.33%)
13) Greek - 1 (4.17%)
14) Hindi - 1 (4.17%)
15) Japanese - 1 (4.17%)
16) Kelantanese - 1 (4.17%)
17) Lebanese - 1 (4.17%)
18) Minangkabau - 1 (4.17%)
19) Mirpuri - 1 (4.17%)
20) Russian - 1 (4.17%)
21) Sarawakian - 1 (4.17%)
22) Spanish - 1 (4.17%)

BIRTHPLACE
1) Malaysia - 5 (20.83%)
2) United Kingdom - 5 (20.83%)
3) Australia - 3 (12.50%)
4) United States - 3 (12.50%)
5) Pakistan - 2 (8.33%)
6) Somalia - 2 (8.33%)
7) Barbados - 1 (4.17%)
8) Indonesia - 1 (4.17%)
9) Jerusalem - 1 (4.17%)
10) Netherlands - 1 (4.17%)

[Haya emaan]

nationality: pakistani
birth place: kuwait
ethnic: pakistani
languages: urdu,english,a bit sindhi and a bit arabic

[limitless]

What's your nationality? Canadian, Pakistan
Where were you born? Pakistan
What's your ethnic/ancestry? Pakistan
What languages u speak? English, French, Urdu, Japanses, Arab (edited)

w0ot w0ot can you beat that !

[Hijrah]

Nationality: Pakistani
Birthplace: Providence, RI, USA
Ethnic/Ancestry: Mongol, Turkish, Arab, Indian, Persian
Languages: Urdu, English, and obviously SOME Arabic

[Hijrah]

What's your nationality? Canadian, Pakistan
Where were you born? Pakistan
What's your ethnic/ancestry? Pakistan
What languages u speak? English, French, Urdu, Japanses

w0ot w0ot can you beat that !

a 60 year old country can't be an ethnicity/ancestry...

[BlissfullyJaded]

:sl:

What's your nationality? American.
Where were you born? USA
What's your ethnic/ancestry? Indian
What languages u speak? English

[hidaayah]

:sl:
What's your nationality? Pakitani
Where were you born? lhr, pakistan
What's your ethnic/ancestry? Pakistani
What languages u speak? Urdu

[Dahir]

a 60 year old country can't be an ethnicity/ancestry...

;D ;D ;D

That one gave me a decent laugh. For those who say Pakistani IS an ethnicity, it is NOT. If were born, raised, and reside there, you are a Pakistani NATIONAL, nothing else, if not, you have NO relation to it but a language you've probably forgotten, maybe not. If you are Pakistani-born, you're probably Indian/Turkic/Persian/Mongol or other Central/Southern Asian ethnicity, or a combination as most likely.

As for me:

Nationality: Eh, I really don't have one. I'm not a US Citizen despite living here my whole life but a few years, my parents never applied as my dad still has his odd dreams of "returning home."

Birthplace: Jamame, Somalia (100 Miles south of Mogadishu).

Ethnicity: Hamito-Semitic (it's African, Arabic, European subcultures combined), same goes for most people in East Africa.

Languages: English, Spanish, Somali (sadly, no Arabic:uhwhat )

[Far7an]

:sl:

What's your nationality? British
Where were you born? London, England.
What's your ethnic/ancestry? Afghanistan.
What languages u speak? English, Pashto, Urdu.

[dianputri]

not fair.....is minangkabau consider malay?

i want to be unique and mixed too...ehehe...

mee too...
I'm minagkabaunese (sumatra) and I dont want be call as Malay.
I'm too good for malay,,,,,
Gubraxs,,,

I think most of minangkabaunese have face like arab or india same like acehnese,,,
that what people said,,

gubraxss lagi,,,

[north_malaysian]

UP TO DATE: 31 respondents gave their backgrounds:

Those 31 claims

NATIONALITIES

1) British - 8 (25.81%)
2) Malaysian - 5 (16.13%)
3) Pakistani - 5 (16.13%)
4) American - 4 (12.90%)
5) Australian - 3 (9.68%)
6) Canadian - 2 (6.45%)
7) Barbadian - 1 (3.23%)
8) Dutch - 1 (3.23%)
8) Indonesian - 1 (3.23%)
10) Mixed - 1 (3.23%)
11) Moroccan - 1 (3.23%)
12) North American - 1 (3.23%)
13) Stateless - 1 (3.23%)


ETHNICS/ANCESTRIES

1) Pakistani - 9 (29.03%)
2) Indian - 7 (22.58%)
3) Arab - 4 (12.90%)
4) Somali - 3 (9.68%)
5) Dutch - 2 (6.45%)
6) Irish - 2 (6.45%)
7) Italian - 2 (6.45%)
8) Chinese - 2 (6.45%)
9) Malay - 2 (6.45%)
10) Malaysian - 2 (6.45%)
11) Minangkabau - 2 (6.45%)
12) Scottish - 2 (6.45%)
13) Acehnese - 1 (3.23%)
14) Afghan - 1 (3.23%)
15) African - 1 (3.23%)
16) Bahamian - 1 (3.23%)
17) Bengali - 1 (3.23%)
18) Betawi - 1 (3.23%)
19) English - 1 (3.23%)
20) German - 1 (3.23%)
21) Greek - 1 (3.23%)
22) Hamito-Semitic - 1 (3.23%)
23) Hungarian - 1 (3.23%)
24) Indian Kashmiri - 1 (3.23%)
25) Indonesian - 1 (3.23%)
26) Javanese - 1 (3.23%)
27) Kelantanese - 1 (3.23%)
28) Lebanese - 1 (3.23%)
29) Lithuanian - 1 (3.23%)
30) Mixed - 1 (3.23%)
31) Mongol - 1 (3.23%)
32) Moroccan - 1 (3.23%)
33) Persian - 1 (3.23%)
34) Russian - 1 (3.23%)
35) Sarawakian - 1 (3.23%)
36) Sumatran - 1 (3.23%)
37) Thai - 1 (3.23%)
38) Turk - 1 (3.23%)

LANGUAGES

1) English - 31 (100.00%)
2) Arabic - 16 (51.61%)
3) Urdu - 12 (38.71%)
4) French - 9 (29.03%)
5) Malay - 5 (16.13%)
6) Punjabi - 4 (12.90%)
7) German - 3 (9.68%)
8) Somali - 3 (9.68%)
9) Dutch - 2 (6.45%)
10) Hebrew - 2 (6.45%)
11) Indonesian - 2 (6.45%)
12) Italian - 2 (6.45%)
13) Japanese - 2 (6.45%)
14) Spanish - 2 (6.45%)
15) Greek - 1 (3.23%)
16) Hindi - 1 (3.23%)
17) Kelantanese - 1 (3.23%)
18) Lebanese - 1 (3.23%)
19) Minangkabau - 1 (3.23%)
20) Mirpuri - 1 (3.23%)
21) Pashtun - 1 (3.23%)
22) Russian - 1 (3.23%)
23) Sarawakian - 1 (3.23%)
24) Sindhi - 1 (3.23%)

BIRTHPLACE

1) United Kingdom - 6 (19.36%)
2) Malaysia - 5 (16.13%)
3) United States - 5 (16.13%)
4) Pakistan - 4 (12.90%)
5) Australia - 3 (9.68%)
6) Somalia - 3 (9.68%)
7) Barbados - 1 (3.23%)
8) Indonesia - 1 (3.23%)
9) Jerusalem - 1 (3.23%)
10) Kuwait - 1 (3.23%)
11) Netherlands - 1 (3.23%)

[afriend]

nationality: Bangladeshi (apparantly ;D)
Born: Newham General, London.
Ancestry: Bagladeshi/Saudi Arabian :thumbs_up (Great Grandfather)
Languages: English, Bangla, Arabic, French, Urdu........

[Huda22]

What's your nationality? SOMALI-CANADIAN :happy:
Where were you born? Rome, Italy
What's your ethnic/ancestry? Somali --never been there yet, inshaAllah hoping to one day though
What languages u speak? English, Somali (to an extent-- still working on it)

[*Salma*]

:sl:

What's your nationality? Canadian
Where were you born? Canada
What's your ethnic/ancestry? Indian
What languages u speak? English

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[Fishman]

:sl:
Joke 1.
What's your nationality? Antarctican.
Where were you born? The Moon.
What's your ethnic/ancestry? Martian.
What languages u speak? All of them, including Ancient Egyptian.

Joke 2.
What's your nationality? Oceanian.
Where were you born? Airstrip One, Oceania.
What's your ethnic/ancestry? Anglo-Saxon.
What languages u speak? Newspeak.

Real one.
What's your nationality? British.
Where were you born? UK.
What's your ethnic/ancestry? Anglo-Saxon.
What languages u speak?English, some French and German.
:w:

[mano_the_cat]

nationality ...pakistani
birth place .... lahore, pakistan
ethnic/ancestory .... asian
languages .... urdu & english

[maryam (",)]

What's your nationality? south african
Where were you born?south africa
What's your ethnic/ancestry?indian
What languages u speak?english, afrikaans, arabic, zulu, gujrati

[Helena]

What's your nationality? British
Where were you born? royal london hospital
What's your ethnic/ancestry? bangladeshi
What languages u speak?english,bengali, hindi, urdu, french

[Bint-Al-Islam]

What's your nationality? Kenyan/Bravanese/Arab
Where were you born? Kenya
What's your ethnic/ancestry?Arab/Bravanese/Kenyan
What languages u speak? Bravanese/Swahili/English/ some Somali/some Arabic/ some Spanish

[Muhammad]

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We have had two similar threads in the past, which were closed.

I also think it is more appropriate for such discussions to take place in the private sections of the forum Insha'Allaah.

Refer to:

http://www.islamicboard.com/general-...ackground.html

http://www.islamicboard.com/general-...ackground.html

:threadclo

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