• PEOPLE NAME: TOTONTEPEC MIXE OF MEXICO

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Mixe

Language: Totontepec Mixe - (mto)

Alternate Name(s): Northwestern Mixe, Ayuk; Northwestern Mixe, Northwestern Mixe, Ayuk, Ayuk

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Mexico

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Population: 9,900

Global Population: 9,900


PEID: 39105

ROP: 114811

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Totontepec Mixe of Mexico, numbering 9,900, 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 Totontepec Mixe. The primary religion practiced by the Totontepec 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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