• PEOPLE NAME: IXTENCO OTOMI OF MEXICO

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Otomi

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Otomí de Ixtenco

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Mexico

Also found in:

Population: 600

Global Population: 600


PEID: 48638

ROP: 109459

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Ixtenco Otomi of Mexico, numbering 600, 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 Ixtenco 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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