Yucatec Maya

E269573

Yucatec Maya is a Mayan language spoken primarily on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, especially among indigenous communities in states like Yucatán, Quintana Roo, and Campeche.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mayan language
indigenous language
language of Mexico
alternativeName Maayaʼ tʼàan
Maya yucateco
Yucateco
basicWordOrder VOS
VSO
closelyRelatedTo Itzaj Maya
linked to: Itza Maya

Lacandon Maya
linked to: Lacandon

Mopan Maya
endangeredStatus vulnerable
glottocode yuca1254
hasCulturalAssociation Maya civilization of the Yucatán Peninsula
hasDialect eastern Yucatec Maya
linked to: Yucatec Maya

western Yucatec Maya
linked to: Yucatec Maya
hasEducationalMaterial bilingual primers and textbooks in Mexico
hasGrammaticalFeature ergative–absolutive alignment
use of aspect markers instead of tense
hasLoanwordsFrom Spanish
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasOfficialStatusIn Mexico (as an indigenous language)
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive glottalized consonants
tone-like pitch distinctions
hasSpeakerCommunity rural communities in Campeche
rural communities in Quintana Roo
rural communities in Yucatán
historicallyWrittenWith Maya hieroglyphic script
iso639-1Code yua
languageFamily Mayan language family
linked to: Mayan languages
nativeName Maayaʼ tʼàan
recognizedBy Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas
regulatingBody Academia de la Lengua Maya de Yucatán
spokenBy Maya peoples of the Yucatán Peninsula
linked to: Maya peoples

Yucatec Maya people
linked to: Yucatecan people
spokenInCountry Mexico
spokenInRegion Yucatán Peninsula
spokenInState Campeche
linked to: Campeche state

Quintana Roo
Yucatán
linked to: Yucatán state
subfamily Yucatecan branch
usedForWriting colonial-era documents and chronicles
usedIn bilingual education programs
local radio broadcasting
ritual and ceremonial contexts
traditional oral literature
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Tulum indigenousLanguagePresence Yucatec Maya
Mérida localLanguages Yucatec Maya
Yucatán languageSpoken Yucatec Maya
subject linked to: state of Yucatán
Campeche localIndigenousLanguage Yucatec Maya
Yucatecan branch hasMember Yucatec Maya
Yucatecan branch hasMember Yucatec language continuum
linked to: Yucatec Maya
Yucatecan branch hasSubgroup Yucatec–Lacandon subgroup
linked to: Yucatec Maya
Itzaʼ closelyRelatedTo Yucatec Maya
Ix Chel veneratedBy Yucatec Maya
Ix Chel languageOfName Yucatec Maya
Bacab deities languageContext Yucatec Maya
Valladolid, Yucatán languageUsed Yucatec Maya
Chaac worshippedBy Yucatec Maya
Pisté, Yucatán languageUsed Yucatec Maya
Tinum, Yucatán hasMajorLanguage Yucatec Maya
Kukulcán languageName Yucatec Maya
Kukulcán worshippedBy Yucatec Maya
Talokan languageUsed Yucatec Maya (spoken in film)
linked to: Yucatec Maya
Maya peoples hasSubgroup Yucatec Maya
Puuc region hasNameOrigin Yucatec Maya language
linked to: Yucatec Maya
Yaxuná hasLanguageContext Yucatec Maya
Río Lagartos hasLocalLanguage Yucatec Maya
San Felipe, Yucatán alsoSpokenLanguage Yucatec Maya
subject linked to: San Felipe
Yucatán recognizedRegionalLanguage Yucatec Maya
subject linked to: Yucatán state
Campeche demographicsGroup Yucatec Maya
subject linked to: Campeche state
Yucatec Maya hasDialect eastern Yucatec Maya
linked to: Yucatec Maya
Yucatec Maya hasDialect western Yucatec Maya
linked to: Yucatec Maya
Dzibilchaltún nativeNameLanguage Yucatec Maya
Southeastern Mexico hasLanguage Yucatec Maya language
subject linked to: southeastern Mexico
linked to: Yucatec Maya
Izamal localIndigenousLanguage Yucatec Maya
Valladolid localLanguage Yucatec Maya
Chol Maya relatedEthnicGroup Yucatec Maya
Cocom Maya hasLanguage Yucatec Maya language
linked to: Yucatec Maya
Xiu Maya language Yucatec Maya
Xiu Maya culturalIdentity Yucatec Maya
Qʼeqchiʼ closelyRelatedTo Yucatec Maya
Mopan Maya closelyRelatedTo Yucatec Maya
Xunantunich nameLanguage Yucatec Maya