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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Western Oaxaca Mixtec of Mexico

The Western Oaxaca Mixtec of Mexico, numbering approximately 67,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethno-linguistic subgroup of the Mixtec, an indigenous Mesoamerican people of Mexico. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism and Silacayoapan Mixtec is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Mixtec, Western Oaxaca

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Mexico
People Cluster: Mixtec
Primary Language(s): Silacayoapan Mixtec (mks)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 67,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG039142
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

92%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Silacayoapan Mixtec
Language Family: Otomanguean

87%
%
Mixtec, Silacayoapan Speakers

Media Resources in Silacayoapan Mixtec:

Films:
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Silacayoapan Mixtec:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

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Or check out the Silacayoapan Mixtec bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Western Oaxaca Mixtec 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 Western Oaxaca Mixtec:
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 Western Oaxaca Mixtec of Mexico

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
readActs 4:12

Pray that those walking in darkness among them will come to know the name by which they must be saved, and call upon Him in faith.

And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
read2 Timothy 2:2

Pray that the lost will come to faith in Christ and be discipled in the truth of the gospel, becoming faithful followers of Jesus who, in turn, make disciples themselves.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.
readEphesians 2:4-5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember God's mercy and grace and experience joy as they walk in new life with Christ.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRomans 6:23

Pray that God will bring people to faith who are excited about the eternal life they have in Christ and will want to cross cultures to share this hope with others.

Mixtec, Silacayoapan Across Countries (ROP3 - 109002) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Western Oaxaca MixtecPG039142Western Oaxaca MixtecMexico67,000No Longer UnreachedSilacayoapan MixtecFolk Catholicism
Western Oaxaca MixtecPG049285Western Oaxaca MixtecUnited States6,700No Longer UnreachedSilacayoapan MixtecRoman Catholicism

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