• PEOPLE NAME: HIGHLAND OTOMI OF MEXICO

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PEID: 39172

ROP: 108991

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Otomi

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Otomí de la Sierra, Sierrar Oriental, Eastern Highland Otomi, Tenango Otomi, Otomi, Eastern Oriental, Texcatepec Otomi

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Mexico

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Population: 74,500

Global Population: 74,500


PEID: 39172

ROP: 108991

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical


Overview: The Highland Otomi of Mexico, numbering 74,500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Otomi 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 Highland Otomi 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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