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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Southeastern Triqui of Mexico

The Southeastern Triqui of Mexico, numbering approximately 12,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Mexico. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism and Chicahuaxtla Triqui is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Triqui, Southeastern

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Mexico
People Cluster: Mixtec
Primary Language(s): Chicahuaxtla Triqui (trs)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 12,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG039161
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

88%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Chicahuaxtla Triqui
Language Family: Otomanguean

87%
%
Triqui, Chicahuaxtla Speakers

Media Resources in Chicahuaxtla Triqui:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Chicahuaxtla Triqui:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Unión Nacional de Traductores Indígenas A.C.✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Chicahuaxtla Triqui bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Southeastern Triqui 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 Southeastern Triqui:
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 Southeastern Triqui of Mexico

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.
readJohn 11:25

Pray for the many who have never heard about or understood the importance of what Jesus did for them, asking God to make a way for them to hear that the perfect Son of Man suffered, died, and rose again so that they might be saved.

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.
readRomans 9:16

Pray that the merciful God who is at work in people's hearts will advance His gospel among them.

It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”
readIsaiah 25:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will proclaim and rejoice in His salvation.

Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!"
readIsaiah 40:9

Pray for God to send and sustain believers to go and herald the good news to the lost here.

Trique, Chicahuaxtla Across Countries (ROP3 - 108592) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Southeastern TriquiPG049290Southeastern TriquiUnited States1,200No Longer UnreachedChicahuaxtla TriquiRoman Catholicism
Southeastern TriquiPG039161Southeastern TriquiMexico12,000No Longer UnreachedChicahuaxtla TriquiFolk Catholicism

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