Yucatec Maya
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Key facts
- Pronunciation
- [màːjaʔˈtʼàːn]
- Native to
- Mexico , Belize
- Region
- Yucatán , Quintana Roo , Campeche
- Ethnicity
- Yucatec Mayas
- Native speakers
- 800,000 including 775,000 in Mexico (2020 census)
- Language family
- Mayan Core Mayan Yucatecan Yucatec– Lacandon Yucatec Maya
- Official language in
- Mexico
- Regulated by
- INALI
- Iso 639 3
- yua
- Glottolog
- yuca1254
- Elp
- Yucatec
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
A Yucatec Maya speaker singing with a guitar. Yucatec Maya (/ˈjuːkətɛk ˈmaɪə/ 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.
Etymology