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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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

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Tulum indigenousLanguagePresence Yucatec Maya
Mérida localLanguages Yucatec Maya
state of Yucatán languageSpoken Yucatec Maya
subject surface form: Yucatán
Campeche localIndigenousLanguage Yucatec Maya
Yucatecan branch hasMember Yucatec Maya
Yucatecan branch hasMember Yucatec Maya
this entity surface form: Yucatec language continuum
Yucatecan branch hasSubgroup Yucatec Maya
this entity surface form: Yucatec–Lacandon subgroup
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
this entity surface form: Yucatec Maya (spoken in film)
Maya peoples hasSubgroup Yucatec Maya
Puuc region hasNameOrigin Yucatec Maya
this entity surface form: Yucatec Maya language
Yaxuná hasLanguageContext Yucatec Maya
Río Lagartos hasLocalLanguage Yucatec Maya
San Felipe alsoSpokenLanguage Yucatec Maya
subject surface form: San Felipe, Yucatán
Yucatán state recognizedRegionalLanguage Yucatec Maya
subject surface form: Yucatán
Campeche state demographicsGroup Yucatec Maya
subject surface form: Campeche
Yucatec Maya hasDialect Yucatec Maya self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: eastern Yucatec Maya
Yucatec Maya hasDialect Yucatec Maya self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: western Yucatec Maya
Dzibilchaltún nativeNameLanguage Yucatec Maya
southeastern Mexico hasLanguage Yucatec Maya
subject surface form: Southeastern Mexico
this entity surface form: Yucatec Maya language
Izamal localIndigenousLanguage Yucatec Maya
Valladolid localLanguage Yucatec Maya
Chol Maya relatedEthnicGroup Yucatec Maya
Cocom Maya hasLanguage Yucatec Maya
this entity surface form: Yucatec Maya language
Xiu Maya language Yucatec Maya
Xiu Maya culturalIdentity Yucatec Maya
Qʼeqchiʼ closelyRelatedTo Yucatec Maya
Mopan Maya closelyRelatedTo Yucatec Maya
Xunantunich nameLanguage Yucatec Maya