Yucatec language
Yucatec Maya ("Maaya T'aan" in the revised orthography of the Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala) is a Mayan language spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula. It is also spoken in northern Belize and parts of Guatemala. To native speakers, it is known only as Maya - "Yucatec" is a label linguists use to distinguish it from other Mayan languages (such as K'iche' and Itza' Maya).
In the Mexican states of Yucatán, northern Campeche and Quintana Roo, Maya remains many speakers' first language today, with approximately 800,000 speakers.
Yucatec Language Media
A Yucatec Maya speaker singing with a guitar.
Border conflict between Campeche, & Quintana Roo, & Yucatan
A genealogy tree for the Mayan languages, based on an earlier tree.
