The Yucatecan languages are a branch of the
Mayan family of Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala.
Languages
The Mayan languages in the Yucatecan branch are:
*Mopan–Itza:
Itzaʼ,
Mopan
*Yucatec–Lacandon:
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 ...
(Yukatek),
Lakantun (Lacandon)
All the Yucatecan languages are closely linked with each other.
See also
*
Mesoamerican Linguistic Area The Mesoamerican language area is a ''sprachbund'' containing many of the languages natively spoken in the cultural area of Mesoamerica. This sprachbund is defined by an array of syntactic, lexical and phonological traits as well as a number of ethn ...
*
Itza people Itza may refer to:
* Itza people, an ethnic group of Guatemala
* Itzaʼ language, a Mayan language
* Itza Kingdom (disambiguation)
* Itza, Navarre, a town in Spain
See also
* Chichen Itza, a Mayan city
* Iza (disambiguation)
* Izza (disambiguat ...
External links
Itzaʼ language resources at Native-languages.org
Mayan languages
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