Caribbean people

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

Caribbean

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Regions with significant populations
Languages
Mainly Spanish, French, French-based creole languages (Haitian Creole, Antillean Creole), English, English-based creole languages (Papiamento, Jamaican Patois, Bajan Creole) 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 slavery and disease brought by European colonizers. Descendants of the Arawak and Carib tribes exist today in the Caribbean and elsewhere but are usually of partial Native American ancestry.

Culture

• List of Caribbean music genres

See also

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