Ladino people

E512766
ethnic group social group

The Ladino people are a predominantly Spanish-speaking, mixed-heritage (often Indigenous and European) social group in Central America, especially Guatemala, associated with urban culture and non-indigenous identity.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ladino 2
Ladino people canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
social group ⓘ
associatedWith Spanish-speaking middle class in Guatemala ⓘ
non-indigenous identity ⓘ
urban culture ⓘ
censusCategoryIn Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Honduras NERFINISHED ⓘ
contrastedWith Indigenous peoples of Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Belize NERFINISHED ⓘ
Costa Rica ⓘ
El Salvador ⓘ
Guatemala ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
Nicaragua ⓘ
demographicSignificance large proportion of Guatemalan population ⓘ
distinctFrom Sephardic Ladino Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicity mixed-heritage ⓘ
heritage European ⓘ
Indigenous ⓘ
historicallyLinkedTo Spanish colonial society ⓘ
historicallyPrivilegedOver Indigenous Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalProcess Ladinization ⓘ
historicalTermUsedBy Spanish colonial authorities ⓘ
identityBasis customs ⓘ
dress ⓘ
language ⓘ
rejection of indigenous classification ⓘ
languageNotToBeConfusedWith Ladino language (Judeo-Spanish) NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageShiftFrom Indigenous languages ⓘ
linkedTo rural-to-urban migration in Guatemala ⓘ
notableIn Guatemalan culture ⓘ
Guatemalan economy ⓘ
Guatemalan politics ⓘ
oftenClassifiedAs Mestizo people NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationMajorityIn urban areas of Guatemala ⓘ
primaryLanguage Spanish language ⓘ
region Central America ⓘ
Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
roleIn Hispanicization of Central America ⓘ
nation-building in Guatemala ⓘ
selfIdentification Ladino NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mestizo ⓘ
socialCategoryIn Central America NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialStatus non-indigenous ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guatemalan Americans → ethnicOrigin → Ladino people ⓘ
San Marcos Department → ethnicGroup → Ladino people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ladino
Alta Verapaz Department → ethnicGroup → Ladino people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ladino