Yucatecan languages
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The Yucatecan languages form a branch of the Mayan family of languages, comprising four languages, namely, Itzaj, Lacandon, Mopan, and Yucatec. The languages are presently extant in the Yucatán Peninsula, encompassing Belize, northern Guatemala, and southeastern Mexico.
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Yucatecan | |
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Yukatekan | |
Ethnicity | Maya peoples |
Geographic distribution | Belize, Guatemala, Mexico / former, now |
Native speakers | (720,600 cited 1990–2006) |
Linguistic classification | Mayan
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Proto-language | Proto-Yucatecan |
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Glottolog | yuca1252 |
Current extent of Yucatecan languages in Belize, Guatemala, Mexico | |
Notes | Classification, subdivisions, former distribution per Aissen, England & Zavala Maldonado 2017, pp. 44–45, 64. Speakers, current distribution per Lewis 2009, pp. 233, 265–266, 274. |
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