• PEOPLE NAME: FRENCH WEST INDIANS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Afro-Caribbean

Language: Lesser Antillean French Creole - (acf)

Alternate Name(s):

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Trinidad and Tobago

Also found in: Dominica; French Guiana; Saint Lucia; United States

Population: 9,900

Global Population: 273,350


PEID: 16446

ROP: 109546

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The French West Indians of Trinidad and Tobago, numbering 9,900, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Afro-Caribbean people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 273,350 in 5 countries. Their primary language is Lesser Antillean French Creole. The primary religion practiced by the French West Indians is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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