• PEOPLE NAME: COPALA TRIQUI OF MEXICO

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PEID: 39162

ROP: 108607

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples

People Cluster: Mixtec

Language: Triqui, Copala - (trc)

Alternate Name(s): Triqui de San Juan Copala, Copala Trique, Copala Trique, Copala Trique; Triqui de San Juan Copala, Triqui de San Juan Copala

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Mexico

Also found in: United States

Population: 33,000

Global Population: 39,600


PEID: 39162

ROP: 108607

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Copala Triqui of Mexico, numbering 33,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Mixtec people cluster within the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 39,600 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Triqui, Copala. The primary religion practiced by the Copala Triqui is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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