Caribbean people

This article is about natives of the Caribbean. For other uses, see Caribbean (disambiguation).

Caribbean

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Total population
39 million +
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Mainly Spanish, French, French-based creole languages (Haitian Creole, Antillean Creole), English, English-based creole languages (Jamaican Creole, Jamaican Patois, Trinidadian Creole, Sranan Tongo, etc.), Papiamento Minority Dutch, Caribbean Hindustani
Religion
Predominantly: Christianity Hinduism Islam Minority: Rastafarianism Agnosticism Atheism Buddhism Sikhism Jainism Zoroastrianism Others
Related ethnic groups
Afro-Caribbean, Chinese Caribbean, White Caribbean, Indo-Caribbean

A Caribbean person or West Indian is a native or inhabitant of the Caribbean region or a person of Caribbean descent. The Caribbean region was initially populated by Amerindians from several different Carib and Arawak groups. These groups were decimated by a combination of overwork and disease brought by European colonizers.

Culture

• List of Caribbean music genres

See also

• Afro-Caribbean
• Indo-Caribbean
• Asian Caribbean
• White Caribbean
• West Indian