• PEOPLE NAME: KUMIAI OF MEXICO

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By Rebecca Schultz

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PEID: 24872

ROP: 102602

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Central American Indigenous

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Tipai’, Kumeyaai, Kw’aal, Diegueño, Comeya, Kamiyai, Ki-Miai, Kamia, Quemayá, Ku’ahl, Tipéi, Tipái, Tipai, Kamiai, Campo, Kumeyaay, Kumia, Cochimí, Kamiyahi, Cuchimí, Ko’al, Cochimi

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Mexico

Also found in: United States

Population: 1,100

Global Population: 1,225


PEID: 24872

ROP: 102602

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Kumiai of Mexico, numbering 1,100, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Central American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 1,225 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Kumiai is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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