• PEOPLE NAME: MORELOS NAHUATL OF MEXICO


PEID: 39191

ROP: 114820

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Aztec

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Nahautl de Cuentepec

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Mexico

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Population: 55,000

Global Population: 55,000


PEID: 39191

ROP: 114820

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Morelos Nahuatl of Mexico, numbering 55,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Aztec 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 Morelos Nahuatl 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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