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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Yalalag Zapotec of United States

The Yalalag Zapotec of United States, numbering approximately 225 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an Indigenous people of southern Mexico, primarily concentrated in the state of Oaxaca, with a long history of cultural continuity from pre-Columbian times to the present They are an Diaspora people, with Zapotec as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Zapotec people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Yalálag Zapotec is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Yalalag Zapotec

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Zapotec
Primary Language(s): Yalálag Zapotec (zpu)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 225
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG049296
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

87%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Yalálag Zapotec
Language Family: Otomanguean

95%
%
Zapotec, Yalálag Speakers

Media Resources in Yalálag Zapotec:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Yalálag Zapotec:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

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Or check out the Yalálag Zapotec bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Yalalag Zapotec 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 Yalalag Zapotec:
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 Yalalag Zapotec of United States

And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
readMatthew 6:16

Pray that those who live to please men and not God will turn from the emptiness of seeking approval from others and find true satisfaction in the treasure of a personal relationship with God.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
readIsaiah 43:19

Pray that the lost will see the new thing God can do in their lives and trust in His plan and purpose for them.

Praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
readActs 2:47

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will use their faith and their church community as a testimony to the watching world and grow His Church.

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
readJohn 1:9-10

Pray for those God might send to share the gospel here. Ask that they will grow closer to Jesus and be compelled to share His good news with people who don't know it.

Zapotec, Yalalag Across Countries (ROP3 - 110943) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Yalalag ZapotecPG039232Yalalag ZapotecMexico2,200No Longer UnreachedYalálag ZapotecFolk Catholicism
Yalalag ZapotecPG049296Yalalag ZapotecUnited States225No Longer UnreachedYalálag ZapotecRoman Catholicism

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