Mayan languages

E28875
indigenous languages of the Americas language family

Mayan languages are a family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in southern Mexico and Central America, known for their ancient hieroglyphic writing and continuity from the Classic Maya civilization to modern Maya communities.

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All labels observed (16)

Label Occurrences
Mayan languages canonical 40
Mayan language family 25
Yucatec Maya 6

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ
language family ⓘ
arePartOf Mesoamerican linguistic area ⓘ
continuityFrom Mayan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Classic Maya language
estimatedNumberOfSpeakers several million ⓘ
hasFeature ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ
rich aspectual morphology ⓘ
verb–initial basic word order ⓘ
vowel length distinctions ⓘ
hasSubfamily Chujean branch ⓘ
Chʼolan branch ⓘ
Huastecan branch ⓘ
Kʼichean branch ⓘ
Mamean branch ⓘ
Poqom branch ⓘ
Qʼanjobalan branch ⓘ
Tzeltalan branch ⓘ
Huastec ⓘ
surface form: Wastek (Huastec) branch

Yucatecan branch ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Maya script ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith Maya civilization ⓘ
surface form: Classic Maya civilization
includesLanguage Akatek ⓘ
Jakaltek ⓘ
surface form: Awakatek

Huastec ⓘ
surface form: Chontal Maya

Chuj ⓘ
Chʼol ⓘ
Itzaʼ ⓘ
Ixil ⓘ
Jakaltek ⓘ
Kaqchikel ⓘ
Kʼicheʼ ⓘ
Lacandon ⓘ
Mam ⓘ
Mochoʼ ⓘ
Poqomam ⓘ
Poqomam Maya ⓘ
surface form: Poqomchiʼ

Qʼanjobʼal ⓘ
Qʼeqchiʼ ⓘ
Uspantek ⓘ
surface form: Sakapultek

Sipakapense ⓘ
Tektitek ⓘ
Tojolabal ⓘ
Tzeltal ⓘ
Tzotzil ⓘ
Uspantek ⓘ
Huastec ⓘ
surface form: Wastek (Huastec)

Mayan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Yucatec Maya
recognizedAs national languages of Guatemala ⓘ
recognizedBy Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala ⓘ
region Central America ⓘ
southern Mexico ⓘ
spokenIn Belize ⓘ
El Salvador ⓘ
Guatemala ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
status many languages endangered ⓘ
some languages vigorous ⓘ
subclassOf Mesoamerican languages ⓘ
Native American languages ⓘ
usedBy Huastec ⓘ
surface form: Maya peoples
usedFor hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ
usedIn Maya codices ⓘ
writingSystemUsedSince Late Preclassic period ⓘ

Referenced by (88)

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

Mesoamerica → languageFamily → Mayan languages ⓘ
Yucatán Peninsula → language → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yucatec Maya
Mexican Spanish → hasInfluenceFrom → Mayan languages ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of North America → hasLanguageFamily → Mayan languages ⓘ
Mayan languages → includesLanguage → Mayan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yucatec Maya
Mayan languages → continuityFrom → Mayan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classic Maya language
Itzamna → languageOfName → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yucatec Maya
Copán → hasLanguage → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classic Maya language
eastern Mexico → hasLanguage → Mayan languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Mexico
state of Quintana Roo → recognizedIndigenousLanguage → Mayan languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Quintana Roo
this entity surface form: Yucatec Maya
Uxmal → regionLanguage → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yucatec Maya
Cobá → regionLanguage → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yucatec Maya
State of Chiapas → indigenousGroups → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tzotzil Maya
Huastec → languageFamily → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mayan language family
Tozzer → languageUsed → Mayan languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Alfred Marston Tozzer
Belizean Creole → hasVocabularySource → Mayan languages ⓘ
Kaqchikel → subgroup → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kʼicheʼan languages
Kaqchikel → macrolanguage → Mayan languages ⓘ
Mam → subfamily → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Mayan languages
Kʼicheʼ → hasAncestor → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Mayan
Mexican people → recognizedLanguage → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maya languages
Poqomam Maya → languageFamily → Mayan languages ⓘ
Itza Maya → languageFamily → Mayan languages ⓘ
Maya script → languageOf → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classic Maya language
Maya epigraphy → relatedTo → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maya linguistics
Maya epigraphy → languageFamilyStudied → Mayan languages ⓘ
Yucatecan branch → partOf → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mayan language family
Tzeltalan branch → subfamilyOf → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mayan language family
Tzeltalan branch → partOf → Mayan languages ⓘ
Tzeltalan branch → hasLanguageFamily → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mayan language family
Tzeltalan branch → hasAncestor → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Mayan language
Qʼanjobʼal → recognizedIn → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guatemala (as a Mayan language)
Uspantek → partOfLanguageFamily → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mayan language family
Jakaltek → languageFamily → Mayan languages ⓘ
Tektitek → languageFamily → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mayan language family
Tektitek → hasAncestor → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Mayan
Morris Swadesh → languagesStudied → Mayan languages ⓘ
Chʼol → languageFamily → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mayan language family
Poqomam → subfamily → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Mayan languages
Tojolabal → languageFamily → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mayan language family
Lacandon → hasArchaicFeatures → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mayan language family
Mochoʼ → languageFamily → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mayan language family
Ixil → family → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mayan language family
western Maya lowlands → languageFamily → Mayan languages ⓘ
Bonampak → languageGroup → Mayan languages ⓘ
Maya peoples → languageFamily → Mayan languages ⓘ
Huastec language → languageFamily → Mayan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mayan language family
Maya lowlands → languageFamilyHistoricallySpoken → Mayan languages ⓘ
Kaan → languageFamily → Mayan languages ⓘ
Snake dynasty → languageFamily → Mayan languages ⓘ