• PEOPLE NAME: DOMINICAN CREOLE OF DOMINICA

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 - Folk Catholicism

Country: Dominica

Also found in: French Guiana; Saint Lucia; Trinidad and Tobago; United States

Population: 65,500

Global Population: 273,350


PEID: 16306

ROP: 109546

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Dominican Creole of Dominica, numbering 65,500, 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 Dominican 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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