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'''Caribbean people''' are the people born in or inhabitants [[Caribbean]] region or people of Caribbean descent living outside the Caribbean. The original inhabitants of the [[ British west-indies]] regions & the dutch Islands in the Caribbean region was the [[Island Caribs|Kalinago]] & the [[black caribs]] also known as the [[garifuna]], The original inhabitants of the hispanic islands in the Caribbean was the [[Amerindians]] from several different and [[Arawak|Taino]] groups. Descendants of the Taino and Kalinago tribes exist today such as the in the Caribbean and elsewhere but are usually of partial Amerindian ancestry.<ref>[http://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/CA/00/40/02/47/00001/PDF.pdf The Caribbean as a Melting Pot]</ref> |
'''Caribbean people''' are the people born in or inhabitants [[Caribbean]] region or people of Caribbean descent living outside the Caribbean. The original inhabitants of the [[ British west-indies]] regions & the dutch Islands in the Caribbean region was the [[Island Caribs|Kalinago]] & the [[black caribs]] also known as the [[garifuna]], The original inhabitants of the hispanic islands in the Caribbean was the [[Amerindians]] from several different and [[Arawak|Taino]] groups. Descendants of the Taino and Kalinago tribes exist today such as the in the Caribbean and elsewhere but are usually of partial Amerindian ancestry.<ref>[http://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/CA/00/40/02/47/00001/PDF.pdf The Caribbean as a Melting Pot]</ref> |
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Modern Caribbean people usually further identify by their own specific ethnic ancestry, therefore constituting various subgroups, largest of which are: [[Afro-Caribbean]] found in the [[British |
Modern Caribbean people usually further identify by their own specific ethnic ancestry, therefore constituting various subgroups, largest of which are: [[Afro-Caribbean]] found in the [[British West Indies]] & french west indies & dutch west indies (largely descendants of emancipated African slaves) [[White Caribbean]] (largely descendants of [[History of the Caribbean|European colonizers]]) and Portuguese indentured servants & Irish indentured servants [[Indo-Caribbean]] (largely descendants of [[Girmityas|jahaji]] [[indentured workers]]) , in the hispanic caribbean islands the populations consists of [[afro latinos]], latinos & europeans |
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| Total population | |
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| c. 45–47 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Caribbean Community | 17.7 million (2015) |
 Cuba | 11 million |
 Dominican Republic | 10 million |
 Puerto Rico | 3.4 million |
 United States | 2.88 million[a][1] |
| Languages | |
| Mainly Spanish, French, French-based creole languages (Haitian Creole, Antillean Creole), English, English-based creole languages (Jamaican Patois, Bahamian Creole), Papiamento Minority Dutch, Caribbean Hindustani | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly: Minority: | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Americans, Canadians, Latin Americans | |
Caribbean people are the people born in or inhabitants Caribbean region or people of Caribbean descent living outside the Caribbean. The original inhabitants of the British west-indies regions & the dutch Islands in the Caribbean region was the Kalinago & the black caribs also known as the garifuna, The original inhabitants of the hispanic islands in the Caribbean was the Amerindians from several different and Taino groups. Descendants of the Taino and Kalinago tribes exist today such as the in the Caribbean and elsewhere but are usually of partial Amerindian ancestry.[2]
Modern Caribbean people usually further identify by their own specific ethnic ancestry, therefore constituting various subgroups, largest of which are: Afro-Caribbean found in the British West Indies & french west indies & dutch west indies (largely descendants of emancipated African slaves) White Caribbean (largely descendants of European colonizers) and Portuguese indentured servants & Irish indentured servants Indo-Caribbean (largely descendants of jahaji indentured workers) , in the hispanic caribbean islands the populations consists of afro latinos, latinos & europeans
Culture
See also
References
- ^ Excluding Cuban Americans.
- ^ Results American Fact Finder (US Census Bureau)
- ^ The Caribbean as a Melting Pot
External links
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