Garifuna

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An ethnic group of mixed african and Indian living mostly on the Caribbean Coast of Belize, Honduras, and gautemala. Honduras has a huge Garifuna population, however it is more spoken in Belize than in Honduras or Guatemala. The language is rapidly becoming endangered as a result of Spanish. Urban Dictionary

In Central America - mainly in Honduras - a mixed person from indigenous and black ancestry. Urban Dictionary

Also known as Black Caribs mainly located in Caribbean coastlines of Central American countries of Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and Nicaragua used to refer to a descendant of enslaved Africans and Carib Indians that originated in the island of Saint Vincent. People who were enslaved and manage to keep embracing their Caribbean identity and native language. Urban Dictionary

A language usually mistaken for African but is actually Carib (Arawak). The language originated in the island of Saint Vincent Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to garifuna:
garifuna, garifunas.

Adjectives that are often used to describe garifuna:
many, non, few, most, other, modern.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective garifuna:
people, culture, communities, village, community, women, language, villages, men, population, music, settlement, man, woman, identity, religion, leaders, children, settlements, families, history, immigrants, town, migration, healers, food, tradition, ritual, society, model, origin, individuals, drums, speakers, group, practices, populations, elder, lands, residents, dishes, households, rituals.

Words that sound like garifuna:
garifuna, coropuna, caruana, corunna, cartagena, cardona, colophony, cardphone, colophany, cauliflower.