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.

All labels observed (12)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

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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Referenced by (148)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ
Xunantunich → associatedWith → Yucatec Maya ⓘ
Books of Chilam Balam → hasLanguage → Yucatec Maya ⓘ