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Barbadians, more commonly known as Bajans (pronounced / ˈ b eɪ dʒ ən z / BAY-jənz), are people who are identified with the country of Barbados, by being citizens or their descendants in the Bajan diaspora. The connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural.
Barbadian Brazilians (Portuguese: Barbadiano-brasileiro) or Bajans, refers to Brazilian people of full, partial or predominantly Barbadian ancestry, or Barbadian-born people residing in Brazil. At the beginning of the 20th century, many Barbadians worked in the Amazonas region , Pará and Rondônia .
Generally, Bajans recognise and accept all "children of the island" as Bajans, and refer to each other as such. [citation needed] The biggest communities outside the Afro-Caribbean community are: The Indo-Guyanese, an important part of the economy due to the increase of immigrants from partner country [clarification needed] Guyana.
Barbadian (or Bajan) Americans are Americans of full or partial Barbadian heritage. The 2000 Census recorded 53,785 US residents born on the Caribbean island [2] 52,170 of whom were born to non-American parents [3] and 54,509 people who described their ethnicity as Barbadian. [4]
Bajan (/ ˈ b eɪ dʒ ən / BAY-jən), or Bajan Creole, is an English-based creole language with West/Central African and British influences spoken on the Caribbean island of Barbados.
In addition, some of those considered to be European Barbadians are of partial European ancestry and vice versa. The CIA World Factbook estimates that there are some 20,000 white Barbadians in the country. [2] At first, Indigenous constituted the majority of the Barbadian population.
According to the 2001 UK Census, 21,601 people born in Barbados were living in the United Kingdom, representing around 8 per cent of all Caribbean-born people living in the country. In 2001, Barbados was the second most common birthplace in the Caribbean for UK residents and 47th most common out of all birth countries. [ 1 ]
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