• PEOPLE NAME: LACANDON OF MEXICO

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Maya

Language: Lacandon - (lac)

Alternate Name(s): Lacanjá, Najá, Lacanjá; Najá

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion

Country: Mexico

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Population: 1,300

Global Population: 1,300


PEID: 39088

ROP: 105557

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Lacandon of Mexico, numbering 1,300, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Maya people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Mexico. Their primary language is Lacandon. The primary religion practiced by the Lacandon is ethnoreligion, consisting of practices deeply rooted in this groups ethnic identity.


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