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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Totontepec Mixe of Mexico

The Totontepec Mixe of Mexico, numbering approximately 10,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a highland Mixe-speaking indigenous community centered in Totontepec Villa de Morelos in Oaxaca, representing a distinct local expression of the broader Ayuujk (Mixe) ethnolinguistic group, with identity anchored in their dialect, territory, and tradition. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism and Totontepec Mixe is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Totontepec Mixe

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Mexico
People Cluster: Mixe
Primary Language(s): Totontepec Mixe (mto)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 10,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG039105
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

49%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Totontepec Mixe
Language Family: Mixe-Zoque

95%
%
Mixe, Totontepec Speakers

Media Resources in Totontepec Mixe:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Totontepec Mixe:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Totontepec Mixe are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Totontepec Mixe:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Totontepec Mixe of Mexico

During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
readExodus 2:23-24

As the lost among them labor, groan, and cry out under false religions and sin, pray God will have mercy on them and hear their cries, that He will be their Rescuer from the kingdom of darkness and bring them into the kingdom of light.

The people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.
readMatthew 4:16

Pray that those who dwell in darkness and live in the land of the shadow of death may be drawn out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
readPsalm 100:3-4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be in awe of the Lord God, their Creator, and will give Him thanksgiving and praise.

At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ...that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.
readColossians 4:3-4

Ask God to open doors for believers to share the gospel and help them communicate it clearly so that more people will understand the mystery of Christ and turn to follow Him.

Mixe, Totontepec Across Countries (ROP3 - 107452) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
Totontepec MixePG039105Totontepec MixeMexico10,000No Longer UnreachedTotontepec MixeFolk Catholicism

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