Ladino people

E512766

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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ladino 3
Ladino people canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Guatemalan Americans → ethnicOrigin → Ladino people ⓘ
San Marcos Department → ethnicGroup → Ladino ⓘ
linked to: Ladino people
Alta Verapaz Department → ethnicGroup → Ladino ⓘ
linked to: Ladino people
Juan Barrundia → ethnicGroup → Ladino ⓘ
linked to: Ladino people