• PEOPLE NAME: FRENCH CREOLE OF GUADELOUPE

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Afro-Caribbean

Language: Guadeloupean French Creole - (gcf)

Alternate Name(s):

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Guadeloupe

Also found in: Canada; United States

Population: 383,000

Global Population: 409,200


PEID: 16349

ROP: 106357

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical


Overview: The French Creole of Guadeloupe, numbering 383,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Afro-Caribbean people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 409,200 in 3 countries. Their primary language is Guadeloupean French Creole. The primary religion practiced by the French 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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