Yucatecan languages

The Yucatecan languages are a branch of the Mayan family of Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala.

Yucatecan
Geographic
distribution		Mesoamerica
Linguistic classificationMayan
  • Yucatecan
Subdivisions
  • Mopan–Itza
  • Yucatec–Lacandon
Glottologyuca1252[1]
Current extent of the Yucatecan languages in Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala

Languages
Main article: Mayan languages § Yucatecan branch

The Mayan languages in the Yucatecan branch are:

  • Mopan–Itza: Itzaʼ (1,090 speakers), Mopan (9,000-12,000 speakers)
  • Yucatec–Lacandon: Maya (Yukatek) (792,113 speakers), Lakantun (Lacandon) (600 speakers)

All the Yucatecan languages are closely linked with each other. However, people speaking Itzaʼ and those speaking Yucatec do have difficulties understanding each other.

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See also

References
  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Yucatecan". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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