Classic Maya

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Classic Maya is the historical form of the Mayan language used in inscriptions and literature during the Classic period of Maya civilization.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Classic Maya canonical 40
Classic Maya language 5
Classical Maya 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mayan language ⓘ
historical language ⓘ
literary language ⓘ
associatedWithSite Calakmul ⓘ
Caracol ⓘ
Copán ⓘ
Palenque ⓘ
Tikal ⓘ
Yaxchilán ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Chʼolan languages ⓘ
Yucatecan languages ⓘ
documentedIn Maya codices ⓘ
altar inscriptions ⓘ
lintel inscriptions ⓘ
stelae inscriptions ⓘ
grammaticalFeature aspect-based verbal system ⓘ
ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
verb–initial word order ⓘ
hasAncestor Proto-Mayan ⓘ
hasDescendant Chʼolan languages ⓘ
Yucatecan languages ⓘ
linked to: Yucatec Maya
ISOStatus no modern ISO 639-3 code as separate language ⓘ
languageFamily Mayan language family ⓘ
linked to: Mayan languages
lexicalInfluenceOn modern Mayan languages ⓘ
linguisticType literary standard ⓘ
partOf Maya civilization ⓘ
primaryMedium bone and shell objects ⓘ
ceramic vessels ⓘ
codices ⓘ
stone monuments ⓘ
stucco inscriptions ⓘ
region Lowland Maya area ⓘ
Mesoamerica ⓘ
scriptType logosyllabic script ⓘ
standardizedIn Classic Maya Lowlands ⓘ
subclassOf Mayan languages ⓘ
timePeriod c. 250–900 CE ⓘ
usedBy Maya elites ⓘ
Maya scribes ⓘ
usedFor historical records ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
literature ⓘ
mythological narratives ⓘ
ritual texts ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
usedIn Classic period of Maya civilization ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystem Maya script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (49)

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

House of Pakal dynasty → language → Classic Maya ⓘ
Temple I → civilization → Classic Maya ⓘ
Great Plaza → culture → Classic Maya ⓘ
Caracol → culture → Classic Maya ⓘ
Central Acropolis → culture → Classic Maya ⓘ
Hieroglyphic Stairway → civilization → Classic Maya ⓘ
Acropolis of Copán → culture → Classic Maya ⓘ
subject linked to: Acropolis
Temple 16 → culture → Classic Maya ⓘ
Pyramid of the Magician → foundInTimePeriod → Classic Maya era ⓘ
linked to: Classic Maya
Structure I → culture → Classic Maya ⓘ
Structure II → civilization → Classic Maya ⓘ
Great Plaza → culture → Classic Maya ⓘ
Dos Pilas → primaryLanguage → Classic Maya ⓘ
South Acropolis → civilization → Classic Maya ⓘ
Pomona (Maya site) → culture → Classic Maya ⓘ
Caracol → culture → Classic Maya ⓘ
subject linked to: Caracol (via road access)
Grolier Codex → language → Classical Maya ⓘ
linked to: Classic Maya
Classical Maya language → alsoKnownAs → Classic Maya ⓘ
Chʼortiʼ language → closelyRelatedTo → Classical Maya ⓘ
linked to: Classic Maya
GI (Palenque triad deity) → culture → Classic Maya ⓘ
Tonina → civilization → Classic Maya ⓘ
Pomona → hasArchitecturalStyle → Classic Maya ⓘ
Pomona → civilization → Classic Maya ⓘ
Kʼinich Ajaw → worshippedBy → Classic Maya ⓘ
Temple of the Foliated Cross → hasInscriptionLanguage → Classic Maya language ⓘ
linked to: Classic Maya
Kʼan Moʼ Hix → language → Classic Maya ⓘ
Tzʼakbu Ajaw → languageOfName → Classic Maya ⓘ
Tiwol Chan Mat → civilization → Classic Maya ⓘ
Temple II → culture → Classic Maya ⓘ
Temple 38 → civilization → Classic Maya ⓘ
Temple 32 → hasLanguageContext → Classic Maya ⓘ
Temple 33 → culture → Classic Maya ⓘ
Hunal temple → culture → Classic Maya ⓘ
Temple 26 → hasInscriptionLanguage → Classic Maya language ⓘ
linked to: Classic Maya
Central Acropolis of Tikal → culture → Classic Maya ⓘ
Stela A at Copán → subculture → Classic Maya ⓘ
Kʼinich Popol Hol → civilization → Classic Maya ⓘ
Lady Waterlily-Hand → language → Classic Maya ⓘ
Stela B at Copán → languageOfInscription → Classic Maya language ⓘ
linked to: Classic Maya
Temple of the Captives → civilization → Classic Maya ⓘ
Coba → languageUsed → Classic Maya ⓘ
Hieroglyphic Stairway 2 → language → Classic Maya language ⓘ
linked to: Classic Maya
Piedras Negras royal dynasty → languageUsed → Classic Maya language ⓘ
linked to: Classic Maya
Lintel 3 → writingSystem → Classic Maya script ⓘ
linked to: Classic Maya
Maya astronomy → usedBy → Classic Maya ⓘ