Yucatec Maya language
Mayan language spoken in Mexico and Belize / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yucatec Maya (/ˈjuːkətɛk ˈmaɪə/; referred to by its speakers simply as Maya or as maaya t’aan [màːjaʔˈtʼàːn] Yucatec Maya pronunciationⓘ ) is a Mayan language spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula, including part of northern Belize. There is also a significant diasporic community of Yucatec Maya speakers in San Francisco, though most Maya Americans are speakers of other Mayan languages from Guatemala and Chiapas.[3]
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Yucatec Maya | |
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mayaʼ tʼaan maayaʼ tʼaan | |
Native to | Mexico, Belize |
Region | Yucatán, Quintana Roo, Campeche |
Native speakers | 800,000 including 775,000 in Mexico (2020 census)[1] |
Official status | |
Official language in | Mexico[2] |
Regulated by | INALI |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | yua |
Glottolog | yuca1254 |
ELP | Yucatec |
Location of Yucatec Mayan speaking areas on the Yucatan Peninsula | |
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