• PEOPLE NAME: LACHIXIO ZAPOTEC OF MEXICO

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By Dave Markham

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PEID: 39182

ROP: 102865

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Zapotec

Language: Lachixío Zapotec - (zpl)

Alternate Name(s): Zapoteco de Lachixío, Dialu; Eastern Sola de Vega Zapotec; Zapoteco de Lachixío, Zapotec, Eastern Sola de Vega Zapotec, Lachixio, Dialu, Dialu

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Mexico

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Population: 12,000

Global Population: 12,000


PEID: 39182

ROP: 102865

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Lachixio Zapotec of Mexico, numbering 12,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Zapotec people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Mexico. Their primary language is Lachixío Zapotec. The primary religion practiced by the Lachixio Zapotec 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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