Ladino people
Mix of mestizo or hispanicized peoples in Latin America, principally in Central America / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Ladino (disambiguation).
The Ladino people are a mix of mestizo or Hispanicized peoples[1] in Latin America, principally in Central America. The demonym Ladino is a Spanish word that is related to Latino. Ladino is an exonym initially used during the colonial era to refer to those Spanish-speakers who were not Peninsulares, Criollos or indigenous peoples.[2]
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