• PEOPLE NAME: GARIFUNA OF NICARAGUA

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PEID: 24796

ROP: 101510

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Other Central American Indigenous

Language: Garifuna - (cab)

Alternate Name(s): Black Carib

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion

Country: Nicaragua

Also found in: Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Honduras; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; United States

Population: 3,400

Global Population: 291,800


PEID: 24796

ROP: 101510

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Garifuna of Nicaragua, numbering 3,400, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Other Central American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 291,800 in 6 countries. Their primary language is Garifuna. The primary religion practiced by the Garifuna is ethnoreligion. Ethnoreligion is deeply rooted in a people's ethnic identity and conversion essentially equates to cultural assimilation.


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