Mopan
Mopan is a Mayan language spoken in Guatemala and Belize. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Mopan (or Mopan Maya) is a language that belongs to the Yucatecan branch of the Mayan languages. It is spoken by the Mopan people who live in the Petén Department of Guatemala and in the Maya Mountains region of Belize. There are between three and four thousand Mopan speakers in Guatemala and six to eight thousand in Belize.
The other Yucatecan languages are Yucatec, Lacandon, and Itzaʼ. Mopan began to diverge from the other Yucatecan languages at least one thousand years ago.
From Wikipedia · Mopan language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Mopan
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | chʼup | |
| person | kristy3nox* | |
| name | kaba7* | |
| eye | nekiC* | |
| ear | Sikin* | |
| nose | ni7* | |
| tooth | kox* | |
| tongue | ak* | |
| hand | k37* | |
| blood | kik* | |
| bone | bak* | |
| skin | kewel* | |
| knee | piS* | |
| breast | Cu7* | |
| liver | tamen* | |
| water | jaʼ | |
| fire | kak* | |
| sun | kin* | |
| star | Silab* | |
| rain | jaʼ | |
| stone | tuniC* | |
| mountain | wic* | |
| tree | Ce7* | |
| leaf | le7Ce7* | |
| night | xunbelak37* | |
| dog | pek* | |
| fish | Cilam* | |
| louse | uk* | |
| one | xuntul* | |
| two | ka7tul* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- LacandonMayan55% alike
- Itza'Mayan51% alike
- Yucatec MayaMayan41% alike
- CholMayan39% alike
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- Ch'orti'Mayan33% alike
Grammar
- Xinka-JumaytepequeXincan85% alike
- MochoMayan85% alike
- Temascaltepec NahuatlUto-Aztecan85% alike
- BolinaoAustronesian84% alike
- TektitekoMayan84% alike
- GuatóIsolates84% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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