• PEOPLE NAME: ANTILLEAN CREOLE OF GERMANY


PEID: 48548

ROP: 100390

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Afro-Caribbean

Language: Papiamentu - (pap)

Alternate Name(s): Dutch Antillean, Netherlands Antillea

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Germany

Also found in: Aruba; Canada; Curacao; Netherlands; Sint Maarten

Population: 17,000

Global Population: 368,300


PEID: 48548

ROP: 100390

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Antillean Creole of Germany, numbering 17,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Afro-Caribbean people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 368,300 in 6 countries. Their primary language is Papiamentu. The primary religion practiced by the Antillean 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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