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 (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yucatec Maya canonical | 40 |
| Yucatec Maya language | 3 |
| Yucatec Maya (spoken in film) | 1 |
| Yucatec language continuum | 1 |
| Yucatec–Lacandon subgroup | 1 |
| eastern Yucatec Maya | 1 |
| western Yucatec Maya | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayan language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ language of Mexico ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Maayaʼ tʼàan
ⓘ
Maya yucateco ⓘ Yucateco ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder |
VOS
ⓘ
VSO ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Itza Maya
ⓘ
surface form:
Itzaj Maya
Lacandon ⓘ
surface form:
Lacandon Maya
Mopan Maya ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| glottocode | yuca1254 ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation | Maya civilization of the Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Yucatec Maya
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
eastern Yucatec Maya
Yucatec Maya self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
western 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 languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Mayan language family
|
| nativeName | Maayaʼ tʼàan ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas ⓘ |
| regulatingBody | Academia de la Lengua Maya de Yucatán ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Maya peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Maya peoples of the Yucatán Peninsula
Yucatecan people ⓘ
surface form:
Yucatec Maya people
|
| spokenInCountry | Mexico ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion | Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ |
| spokenInState |
Campeche state
ⓘ
surface form:
Campeche
Quintana Roo ⓘ Yucatán state ⓘ
surface form:
Yucatán
|
| 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 alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (48)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Yucatán
this entity surface form:
Yucatec language continuum
this entity surface form:
Yucatec–Lacandon subgroup
this entity surface form:
Yucatec Maya (spoken in film)
this entity surface form:
Yucatec Maya language
subject surface form:
San Felipe, Yucatán
subject surface form:
Yucatán
subject surface form:
Campeche
this entity surface form:
eastern Yucatec Maya
this entity surface form:
western Yucatec Maya
subject surface form:
Southeastern Mexico
this entity surface form:
Yucatec Maya language
this entity surface form:
Yucatec Maya language