Yucatec Maya
màaya t'àan
Yucatec Maya is a Mayan language spoken in Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize, by about 706 thousand people.
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Yucatec Maya ( YOO-kə-tek MY-ə; Spanish: yucateco [ʝukaˈteko]), referred to by its speakers as mayaʼ or maayaʼ t’aan (pronounced [màːjaʔˈtʼàːn] ), is a Mayan language spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula, including part of northern Belize. There is also a significant diasporic community of Yucatec Maya speakers in San Francisco, though most Maya Americans are speakers of other Mayan languages from Guatemala and Chiapas.
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Written down
Tuláakal wíinik ku síijil jáalkʼab yetel keet u tsiikul yetel Najmal Sijnalil, beytun xan naʼataʼan sijnalil yetel noʼojaʼanil u tuukuloʼ, kʼaʼabet u bisikuba bey láaktzilil yetel tuláakal u baatzileʼ.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Yucatec Maya
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | mamah | |
| father | taat | |
| child | paal | |
| man | xiib | |
| woman | koʼolel | |
| person | may | |
| name | kʼaabaʼ | |
| friend | etail | |
| eye | ich | |
| ear | xikin | |
| tongue | aak’ | |
| hand | kʼab | |
| heart | puksiʼikʼal | |
| head | pool | |
| blood | kʼiʼikʼ | |
| bone | baak | |
| breast | iim | |
| liver | táaman | |
| water | haʼ | |
| fire | kʼaʼajaleʼ | |
| sun | kʼiin | |
| moon | luuna | |
| sky | kaʼan | |
| wind | iik’ | |
| stone | tuunich | |
| mountain | ka'anal k'áax | |
| tree | cheʼ | |
| night | áak'ab | |
| dog | peek’ | |
| fish | kay |
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- Temascaltepec NahuatlUto-Aztecan89% alike
- Papantla TotonacTotonacan85% alike
- Xinca-YupiltepequeXincan83% alike
- MochoMayan83% alike
- MopanMayan82% alike
- Upper Necaxa TotonacTotonacan82% 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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