• PEOPLE NAME: YALALAG ZAPOTEC OF MEXICO

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Zapotec

Language: Yalálag Zapotec - (zpu)

Alternate Name(s): Zapoteco de Yalálag

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Mexico

Also found in: United States

Population: 2,200

Global Population: 2,425


PEID: 39232

ROP: 110943

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Yalalag Zapotec of Mexico, numbering 2,200, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Zapotec people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 2,425 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Yalálag Zapotec. The primary religion practiced by the Yalalag 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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