• PEOPLE NAME: ANTILLEAN CREOLE OF CURACAO

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By A. Robles de Medina

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PEID: 22316

ROP: 100390

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Afro-Caribbean

Language: Papiamentu - (pap)

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Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Curacao

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

Population: 125,000

Global Population: 368,300


PEID: 22316

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 Curacao, numbering 125,000, 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 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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