ISO 639-3 · yuayua
Central American Indian languages family
Yucatec Maya
màaya t'àan
Yucatec Maya is a language of the Yucatecan branch (Central American Indian languages), spoken in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. Wikidata counts about 706,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Mayan language spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
yua- Glottocode
yuca1254- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 50 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Yucatec Maya · màaya t'àan |
|---|---|
| Also called | Yucateco, Yukatek Maya, Maya language, Yucatec, Yucatec Maya language |
| All speakers | 706,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Official in | Mexico |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Central American Indian languages to Yucatec Maya
The branches above Yucatec Maya, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Mexico
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