List_of_Mayan_languages

List of Mayan languages

List of Mayan languages

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The Mayan languages are a group of languages spoken by the Maya peoples. The Maya form an enormous group of approximately 7 million people who are descended from an ancient Mesoamerican civilization and spread across the modern-day countries of: Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. Speaking descendant languages from their original Proto-Mayan language, some of their languages were recorded in the form of 'glyphs' of a Mayan script.

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The languages are shown along with their population estimates, as available.

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In addition, Chalchitek is considered by some to be a distinct language, while others consider it a dialect of Awakatek.

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