Hilario Chi Canul (Born 16 October 1981) is a Mexican linguist of

Maya Maya may refer to: Civilizations * Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America ** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples ** Maya language, the languages of the Maya peoples * Maya (Ethiopia), a populat ...

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who worked as a translator and

Yucatec Maya language Yucatec Maya (; referred to by its speakers simply as Maya or as , is one of the 32 Mayan languages of the Mayan language family. Yucatec Maya is spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula and northern Belize. There is also a significant diasporic commu ...

coach in the production of the 2006 movie ''

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'' by

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Life

In 2007 he won the first prize in the Mexican government's competition of indigenous language rhetoric. He is Professor of Maya at the University of Quintana Roo (UQRoo). He has worked as Maya language narrator in a number of commercial, art, and educational films. He is also involved in the movement to revive Mexico's indigenous heritage. He has given talks about his experience as a Maya translator working in the film industry at several American Universities. Chi Canul also served as producer and lead actor in the first ever Maya-language telenovia

Baktun A baktun (properly bʼakʼtun ) is 20 '' kʼatun'' cycles of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar. It contains 144,000 days, equal to 394.26 tropical years. The Classic period of Maya civilization occurred during the 8th and 9th baktuns of the c ...

in 2013.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chi Canul, Hilario Mexican people of Maya descent Linguists from Mexico Living people 1981 births People from Quintana Roo Mexican male telenovela actors University of Quintana Roo faculty