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The Garifuna people (/ ˌ ɡ ɑːr iː ˈ f uː n ə / GAR-ee-FOO-nə [3] [4] or Spanish pronunciation: [ɡa'ɾifuna]; pl. Garínagu [5] in Garifuna) [a] are a people of mixed free African and Amerindian ancestry that originated in the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and speak Garifuna, an Arawakan language, Spanish, Belizean Creole and Vincentian Creole.
Garifuna Americans or Black Carib Americans are Americans of Garifuna ancestry, who are descendants of Arawak, Kalinago (Island Carib), and Afro-Caribbean people living in Saint Vincent. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Many Garifuna were exiled from St. Vincent to the Central American countries of Honduras , Guatemala , Belize , and Nicaragua before moving to the ...
Afro-Hondurans or Black Hondurans are Hondurans of Sub-Saharan African descent. Research by Henry Louis Gates and other sources regards their population to be around 1-2%. [2] [3] [4] They descended from: enslaved Africans by the Spanish, as well as those who were enslaved from the West Indies and identify as Creole peoples, and the Garifuna who descend from exiled zambo Maroons from Saint ...
Spanish is the official language of Guatemala. Guatemalan Spanish is the local variant of the Spanish language.. Twenty-two Mayan languages are spoken, especially in rural areas, as well as two non-Mayan Amerindian languages: Xinca, an indigenous language, and Garifuna, an Arawakan language spoken on the Caribbean coast.
Izabal (Spanish pronunciation:) is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala.Its coastal areas form part of the homeland of the Garifuna people.. Izabal is bordered to the north by Belize, to the northeast by the Gulf of Honduras, to the east by Honduras, and by the Guatemalan departments of Petén to the northwest, Alta Verapaz to the west, and Zacapa to the south.
In the 2018 National Census, a total of 264,167 individuals identified themselves as Xinka, representing 1.8% of the national population. [1] After a revivalist movement led by the two main Xinka political organizations in Guatemala, self identified Xincas increased from 16,214 individuals in 2002 to 264,167 in 2018.
Garifuna is spoken in Central America, especially in Honduras (146,000 speakers), [citation needed] but also in Guatemala (20,000 speakers), Belize (14,100 speakers), Nicaragua (2,600 speakers), and the US, particularly in New York City, where it is spoken in Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx, [4] and in Houston, which has had a community of Central Americans since the 1980s. [5]
This category contains articles relating to the Garifuna people of Central America, and related subtopics including their culture, belief systems, language, history, settlements, environment, and so on.