YUA ISO 639-3
Maya, Yucatec
Maaya t’aan Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- yua
- Alternate Names
- Maaya, Maayáa, Peninsular Maya, Yucatan Maya, Yucatec, Yucateco, Yukatek
- Autonym
- Maaya t’aan
- Population
- 775,000 in Mexico (2020 INEGI). 58,800 monolinguals (2007). Total users in all countries: 802,520.
- Location:
- Quintana Roo and Yucatán states; Campeche state: except west of Rio Chompan; Tabasco state.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing).
- Classification
- Mayan, Yucatecan-Core Mayan, Yucatecan, Yucatec-Lacandon
- Typology
- VSO; prepositions; 3 noun classifiers; no articles; ergative; 19 consonants; tonal (3 tones: neutral, high, low).
- Language Use
- Used by all.
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1992.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Maya, Yucatec
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Cayo district: San Antonio and Succoths; possibly also Corozal and Orange Walk districts near the Mexico border.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened) View other languages of Belize
Language Name
Maya, Yucatec
User Population
2,520 in Belize (2014 UNSD).
- Location
- California: San Francisco.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United States
Language Name
Maya, Yucatec
User Population
25,000 in United States (2006 INALI).
Map
Location: Quintana Roo and Yucatán states; Campeche state: except west of Rio Chompan; Tabasco state.
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