Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Mixe

Language: Quetzaltepec Mixe - (pxm)

Alternate Name(s): Mixe Chuxnaban, Mixe Juquila, Central Mixe

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Mexico

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Population: 9,900

Global Population: 9,900

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical

Overview: The Quetzaltepec 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 Quetzaltepec Mixe. The primary religion practiced by the Quetzaltepec 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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