Ladino people

Ladino people
Ladino Guatemalans at the 2019 Fiestas Patrias Parade in Seattle, USA
Total population
8,346,120[1] (2018)
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Central American Spanish
Religion
Catholicism, Evangelicalism and Irreligion
Related ethnic groups

The Ladino people are a mix of mestizo or Hispanicized peoples[2] in Latin America, principally in Central America. The demonym Ladino is a Spanish word that is related to Latino. Ladino is an exonym initially used during the colonial era to refer to those Spanish-speakers who were not Peninsulares, Criollos or indigenous peoples.[3]

  1. ^ Resultados del Censo 2018
  2. ^ Ladino en el Diccionario de la Real Academia Española (DRAE)
  3. ^ Soto-Quiros, Ronald (2006). "Reflexiones sobre el mestizaje y la identidad nacional en Centroamérica: de la colonia a las Républicas liberales" (PDF). Boletín No. 25. AFEHC. Asociación para el Fomento de los Estudios en Centroamérica, "Mestizaje, Raza y Nación en Centroamérica: identidades tras conceptos, 1524-1950". Octubre 2006. (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-26.

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