• PEOPLE NAME: LESSER ANTILLEAN CREOLE OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: North American Peoples

People Cluster: Afro-American, Anglophone

Language: Leeward Caribbean English Creole - (aig)

Alternate Name(s): Black, Barbudan, Antiguan, Mullato

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Antigua and Barbuda

Also found in: United States

Population: 94,000

Global Population: 102,300


PEID: 16187

ROP: 100386

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Lesser Antillean Creole of Antigua and Barbuda, numbering 94,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Afro-American, Anglophone people cluster within the North American Peoples affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 102,300 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Leeward Caribbean English Creole. The primary religion practiced by the Lesser Antillean Creole is folk Catholicism, characterized by local expressions of faith that combine Catholic traditions with local animistic rituals, resulting in syncretized forms of Catholicism that diverge from official church doctrine and practice.


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