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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Central Tlaxiaco Mixtec of Mexico

The Central Tlaxiaco Mixtec of Mexico, numbering approximately 16,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Mixtec people of the Tlaxiaco region of Oaxaca whose identity is rooted in the Mixteca Alta homeland and expressed through distinct Central Tlaxiaco varieties of the Mixtec language. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism and Tijaltepec Mixtec is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Central Tlaxiaco Mixtec

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Mexico
People Cluster: Mixtec
Primary Language(s): Tijaltepec Mixtec (xtl)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 16,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG039151
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

92%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tijaltepec Mixtec
Language Family: Otomanguean

95%
%
Mixtec, Tijaltepec Speakers

Media Resources in Tijaltepec Mixtec:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Tijaltepec Mixtec:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Central Tlaxiaco 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 Central Tlaxiaco 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 Central Tlaxiaco Mixtec of Mexico

Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me! O LORD, be my helper!
readPsalm 30:10

Pray that people in the depths of despair and suffering and living outside of relationship with Christ will cry out to the Lord and find help, peace, and joy in Him.

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed"
readGalatians 3:8

Ask the Lord to fulfill His promise to Abraham that all nations would be blessed by advancing the gospel to every people group who has yet to receive it.

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
readPsalm 51:10

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will quickly repent when they sin and walk with clean hearts and right spirits as they grow in their relationship with the Lord.

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
readMark 7:15

Pray for Christians to take any opportunity to share the hope of Jesus with lost people here, praying they will be wise like Jesus as they share the truth about what can defile people and what can make them clean.

Mixtec, Tijaltapec Across Countries (ROP3 - 110054) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Central Tlaxiaco MixtecPG039151Central Tlaxiaco MixtecMexico16,000No Longer UnreachedTijaltepec MixtecFolk Catholicism
Central Tlaxiaco MixtecPG049272Central Tlaxiaco MixtecUnited States6,400Engaged yet UnreachedTijaltepec MixtecRoman Catholicism

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