• PEOPLE NAME: SOUTHEASTERN GUERRERO MIXTEC OF UNITED STATES

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By Robert Thiessen

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PEID: 49275

ROP: 106681

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Mixtec

Language: Metlatónoc Mixtec - (mxv)

Alternate Name(s): To’on Savi, Mixteco de Xochapa, Alacatlatzala; Mixtec, Mixteco de San Rafael; Mixtec, Alcozauca, Alacatlatzala, Alcozauca; Mixteco de Xochapa; Highland Guerrero Mixtec; Mixteco de Alacatlatzala; To’on Savi, Highland Guerrero Mixtec, Mixtec, Mixteco de Alacatlatzala, Mixtec, Mixteco de San Rafael

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: United States

Also found in: Mexico

Population: 21,000

Global Population: 133,000


PEID: 49275

ROP: 106681

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Southeastern Guerrero Mixtec of United States, numbering 21,000, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Mixtec people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 133,000 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Metlatónoc Mixtec. The primary religion practiced by the Southeastern Guerrero Mixtec 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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