• PEOPLE NAME: YUTANDUCHI MIXTEC OF MEXICO

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Mixtec

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Southern Nochixtlan Mixtec, Mixteco de Yutanduchi, Mixteco de Yutanduchi; Southern Nochixtlan Mixtec, Southern Nochixtlan Mixtec, Mixteco de Yutanduchi

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Mexico

Also found in:

Population: 1,200

Global Population: 1,200


PEID: 39158

ROP: 109453

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Yutanduchi Mixtec of Mexico, numbering 1,200, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Mixtec people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Mexico. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Yutanduchi Mixtec is folk Catholicism, characterized by local expressions of faith that combine Catholic traditions with local animistic rituals, resulting in syncretized forms of Catholicism that diverge from official church doctrine and practice.


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