• PEOPLE NAME: ISTHMUS MIXE OF MEXICO

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PEID: 39098

ROP: 104091

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Mixe

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Eastern Mixe, Mixe, Mixe del Istmo, Eastern Mixe; Guichicovi Mixe; Mixe del Istmo, Guichicovi Mixe, Isthmus

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Mexico

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Population: 30,000

Global Population: 30,000


PEID: 39098

ROP: 104091

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Isthmus Mixe of Mexico, numbering 30,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Mixe people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Mexico. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Isthmus Mixe is folk Catholicism, characterized by local expressions of faith that combine Catholic traditions with local animistic rituals, resulting in syncretized forms of Catholicism that diverge from official church doctrine and practice.


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