Yucatecan | |
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Yukatekan | |
Geographic distribution | Belize, Guatemala, Mexico / former, now |
Ethnicity | Maya peoples |
Native speakers | (720,600 cited 1990–2006) |
Linguistic classification | Mayan
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Proto-language | Proto-Yucatecan |
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Language codes | |
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. |
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.