Maya yucateco

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Maya yucateco is a Mayan language spoken primarily in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula by the Yucatec Maya people.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mayan language
indigenous language of the Americas
language
belongsToLanguageFamily Mayan language family NERFINISHED
belongsToSubfamily Yucatecan branch of the Mayan languages
closelyRelatedTo Itzaj NERFINISHED
Lacandon NERFINISHED
Mopan NERFINISHED
hasAlignmentType ergative–absolutive
hasAlternativeName Maayaʼ tʼàan
Maya yucateca
Yucatec Maya NERFINISHED
hasBasicWordOrder VOS
VSO
hasCulturalAssociation Maya civilization heritage
hasEndangermentStatus vigorous in many communities but under pressure from Spanish
hasEthnologueEntry Yucatec Maya NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode yuca1254
hasHistoricalAncestor Proto-Yucatecan NERFINISHED
hasISO639-1Code none
hasISO639-2Code yua
hasISO639-3Code yua
hasLinguasphereCode 89-AAA-c
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive glottalized consonants
tone is not phonemic
vowel length distinction
hasSpeakerPopulationStatus hundreds of thousands of speakers
hasStandardizationEffort orthographic norms promoted by Mexican linguistic institutions
inContactWithLanguage Spanish
influencedBy Spanish NERFINISHED
influences regional Spanish of the Yucatán Peninsula
isOfficialLanguageIn some municipalities of Yucatán Peninsula (local recognition)
recognizedAs national language of Mexico under the General Law of Linguistic Rights of Indigenous Peoples
spokenByEthnicGroup Yucatec Maya people NERFINISHED
spokenInCountry Mexico NERFINISHED
spokenInRegion Yucatán Peninsula NERFINISHED
spokenInState Campeche NERFINISHED
Quintana Roo NERFINISHED
Yucatán NERFINISHED
usedForWriting educational materials
literary works
religious texts
usedInDomain bilingual education
daily communication
local media
oral literature
traditional ceremonies
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Yucatec Maya alternativeName Maya yucateco