What's your background?

**north_malaysian** · 06-28-2006

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.

**Hijrah** · 06-30-2006

Originally Posted by 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

w0ot w0ot can you beat that !

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

**BlissfullyJaded** · 06-30-2006

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

**hidaayah** · 06-30-2006

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

**Dahir** · 06-30-2006

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

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 )

**Far7an** · 06-30-2006

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** · 06-30-2006

Originally Posted by syilla

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** · 06-30-2006

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** · 06-30-2006

nationality: Bangladeshi (apparantly

)
Born: Newham General, London.
Ancestry: Bagladeshi/Saudi Arabian

(Great Grandfather)
Languages: English, Bangla, Arabic, French, Urdu........

**Huda22** · 07-01-2006

What's your nationality? SOMALI-CANADIAN

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*** · 07-01-2006

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

**Fishman** · 07-01-2006

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.

**mano_the_cat** · 07-01-2006

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

**maryam (",)** · 07-02-2006

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** · 07-02-2006

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** · 07-02-2006

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** · 07-02-2006

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