Yucatecan languages

Yucatecan
Geographic
distribution		 Mesoamerica
Linguistic classification Mayan
  • Yucatecan
Subdivisions
  • Mopan–Itza
  • Yucatec–Lacandon
Glottolog yuca1252[1]

The Yucatecan languages are a branch of the Mayan family of Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala.

Languages

The Mayan languages in the Yucatecan branch are:

All the Yucatecan languages are closely linked with each other. However, people speaking Itza' and those speaking Yucatec do have difficulties understanding each other.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Yucatecan". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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