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The Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl of Mexico

The Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl of Mexico, numbering approximately 296,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Nahua people of southeastern Puebla and neighboring Veracruz whose identity derives from the Aztec Nahua heritage and is expressed through the Tehuacan-Zongolica variety of the Nahuatl language. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism and Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Mexico
People Cluster: Aztec
Primary Language(s): Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl (npl)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 296,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG039193
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

89%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl
Language Family: Uto-Aztecan

79%
%
Nahuatl, Southeastern Puebla Speakers

Media Resources in Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl:

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1 entry

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl 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 Puebla Nahuatl:
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 Puebla Nahuatl of Mexico

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
read1 John 1:9

Pray that God, who is faithful and just, will open the eyes of those who are lost and draw them to confess their sins and trust in Him to grant forgiveness.

Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you. Heal the sick in it and say to them, "the kingdom of God has come near to you."
readLuke 10:8-9

Pray that the lost will receive messengers of the gospel with joy, turn from their sins, and be healed.

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
readRomans 8:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember the God who has given them freedom from fear so that they will trust Him completely as their good Father who meets all their needs.

And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”
readRomans 10:15

Pray that God will call many believers who will obediently go and share the gospel with those who desperately need it.

Nahuatl, Southeastern Puebla Across Countries (ROP3 - 107021) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Southeastern Puebla NahuatlPG039193Southeastern Puebla NahuatlMexico296,000No Longer UnreachedSoutheastern Puebla NahuatlFolk Catholicism
Southeastern Puebla NahuatlPG049282Southeastern Puebla NahuatlUnited States29,500No Longer UnreachedSoutheastern Puebla NahuatlRoman Catholicism

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