Hondurans are people of mixed race that descend from the Spanish people, mainly from Andalusians, Galicians, Valencians, Catalans, Canaries, Extremadurans and in a minority with other peoples of present-day Spain and various tribes and ethnic groups of indigenous peoples that belonged to Mesoamerica such as the Mayas

What race are you if your from Honduras?

Honduras identifies itself as a mestizo nation — of mixed indigenous and European roots — and officially only about 2 percent of the population is of African descent (though the actual number may be as high as 10 percent).

Are Hondurans black or white?

Afro-Hondurans or Black Hondurans, are Hondurans of Sub-Saharan African descent. The CIA world factbook regards their population to be around 2% of the counties population. Estimates vary with concervative estimates ranging as low as 1% and higher estimates ranging to 30%.

Are Honduras Hispanic or Latino?

Hondurans are the eighth largest Latino group in the United States and the third largest Central American population, after Salvadorans and Guatemalans.

What are the major ethnic groups in Honduras?

Main minorities and indigenous peoples: Lenca (453,672), Miskito (80,007), Garífuna (43,111), Maya Chortí (33,256), Tolupán (19,033), Bay Creoles (12,337), Nahua (6,339), Pech (6,024), and Tawahka (2,690). The Lenca, Pech, Tawahka, Xicaque , Maya Chortí , Misquito, and Garífuna are classified as indigenous.

Is Hondurans Garifuna?

Garífuna are the third largest minority or indigenous community in Honduras, numbering 43,111 people. They are the descendants of African-Carib populations from the Caribbean island of St Vincent who were exiled to the Honduran coast in the eighteenth century.

What is the main language of Honduras?

Spanish Honduras/Official languages

What is the second most spoken language in Honduras?

Spanish Honduras/Official languages While it is widely spoken, Spanish is a second language for many in the country. Indigenous languages such as Garífuna, Miskito, Pech, and Chortí are spoken in isolated parts of the country, but generally used alongside Spanish.

Is Garifuna African?

Garifuna, also known as Garinagu, are the descendants of an Afro-indigenous population from the Caribbean island of St Vincent who were exiled to the Honduran coast in the eighteenth century and subsequently moved to Belize. Garifuna mainly live on the coast but are also very present in towns and villages.

Is the Garifuna language still spoken in their communities?

The Garifuna language is spoken by the Garifuna people, also known as Black Caribs or by the plural Garinagu (Cayetano 1993), who currently reside along the Caribbean coast of Central America, with communities in Belize, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua.

Is French an official language in Cameroon?

Cameroon has 260 national languages spoken by an estimated 25 million people in the 10 regions of the country. However, the central African state inherited two foreign languages from its French and English colonial masters as official languages, with 80 percent of the population speaking French and 20 percent English.