• PEOPLE NAME: COPALA TRIQUI OF UNITED STATES

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PEID: 49291

ROP: 108607

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples

People Cluster: Mixtec

Language: Triqui, Copala - (trc)

Alternate Name(s): Triqui de San Juan Copala

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: United States

Also found in: Mexico

Population: 6,600

Global Population: 39,600


PEID: 49291

ROP: 108607

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Copala Triqui of United States, numbering 6,600, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Mixtec people cluster within the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 39,600 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Triqui, Copala. The primary religion practiced by the Copala Triqui is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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