• PEOPLE NAME: LACHIXIO ZAPOTEC OF MEXICO

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By Dave Markham

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PEID: 39182

ROP: 102865

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Zapotec

Language: Lachixío Zapotec - (zpl)

Alternate Name(s): Zapoteco de Lachixío, Dialu; Eastern Sola de Vega Zapotec; Zapoteco de Lachixío, Zapotec, Eastern Sola de Vega Zapotec, Lachixio, Dialu, Dialu

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Mexico

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Population: 12,000

Global Population: 12,000


PEID: 39182

ROP: 102865

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Lachixio Zapotec of Mexico, numbering 12,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Zapotec people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Mexico. Their primary language is Lachixío Zapotec. The primary religion practiced by the Lachixio Zapotec 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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