Mopan (or Mopan Maya) is a language that belongs to the Yucatecan branch of the Mayan languages. It is spoken by the Mopan people who live in the Petén...

Yucatec Maya (/ˈjuːkətɛk ˈmaɪə/; referred to by its speakers simply as Maya or as maaya t’aan [màːjaʔˈtʼàːn]) is a Mayan language spoken in the Yucatán...

million Maya people, primarily in Guatemala, Mexico, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras. In 1996, Guatemala formally recognized 21 Mayan languages by name...

distinct life, often speaking one of the Mayan languages as a primary language. One of the largest groups of Maya live in the Yucatan Peninsula, which includes...

Retrieved 14 April 2018. "Maya, Mopán". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2018. "Maya, Yucatec". Ethnologue. Archived...

of the Mopan Maya people, so the preservation of their culture relies on oral transmission. The language of the Mopan people is Mopan language. It is...

Yucatec or Kʼicheʼ. The Classic Period names (belonging to the Classic Maya language) are only rarely known with certainty. Alphabetical name listing A B...

Look up Mopan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mopan may refer to: Mopán language, a Mayan language spoken in Belize and Guatemala Mopan people, an...

The Mopan Territory, historically also known as Aycal, was a Postclassic polity of the former Maya Lowlands, in present-day Belize and Guatemala. The Territory...

postalveolar fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The International Phonetic Association uses the term voiceless postalveolar...

Yucatec  • Yucatán, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Belize, N Guatemala  • 750,000 Mopán  • N Guatemala, Belize  • 11,000 Itzá  • N Guatemala  • EXTINCT? Lacandón...

where the only modern speakers of the language live. The modern Itza people are the last of the Lowland Maya to be able to directly trace their heritage...

Maya stelae (singular stela) are monuments that were fashioned by the Maya civilization of ancient Mesoamerica. They consist of tall, sculpted stone shafts...

According to the Language Law of 2003, the languages of Mayas, Xincas, and Garifunas are recognized as national languages. "Ley de Idiomas Nacionales, Decreto...

0.8% Ketchi Maya, 0.5% Lebanese, 0.5% Yucatec Maya, 0.3% African, 0.2% Mopan Maya, 0.2% Mennonite and 0.2% others. In terms of languages spoken (multiple...

north. The Mopán and Kekchí Maya maintained their languages and a strong sense of identity. But in the north, the distinction between Maya and Spanish...

fluently. The mestizo should not be confused with the Yucatec Maya who are also known as "Maya-Mestizos" in Belize. In 1494 the Treaty of Tordesillas was...

chinamitl, Mopan tulumki) were likely a Mopan Maya people who constituted the former Chinamita Territory, an early Columbian polity of the Maya Lowlands...

This list of Maya sites is an alphabetical listing of a number of significant archaeological sites associated with the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian...

Belize Valley. Xunantunich's name means "Maiden of the Rock" in the Maya languages Mopan and Yucatec, combining "Xunaan" (noble lady) and "Tuunich" (stone...

2016) Hofling, Mopan Maya–Spanish–English Dictionary, 1. "PROTO-MACRO-JÊ: UM ESTUDO RECONSTRUTIVO" (PDF). "IBGE – Indigenous languages census" (PDF)....

The Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala, or ALMG (English: Guatemalan Academy of Mayan Languages) is a Guatemalan organisation that regulates the use...

Yucatecan languages form a branch of the Mayan family of languages, comprising four languages, namely, Itzaj, Lacandon, Mopan, and Yucatec. The languages are...

Toledo District. Qʼeqchiʼ is the first language of many communities in the district, and the majority of Maya in Toledo speak it. Terrence Kaufman described...

The history of Maya civilization is divided into three principal periods: the Preclassic, Classic and Postclassic periods; these were preceded by the Archaic...

Nojpetén. Back in Mopán, Amésqueta had received additional supplies and decided to catch up with his advance party. He left Mopán on 10 March 1696 with...

that there are words in the Yucatec Maya language for “market” and “where one buys and sells”. The Classic Maya region is highly integrated into the...

Yucatán. The language used in the document is Yucatecan, a group of Mayan languages that includes Yucatec, Itza, Lacandon, and Mopan; these languages are distributed...

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...

The Itza are a Maya ethnic group native to the Péten region of northern Guatemala and parts of Belize. The majority of Itza are inhabitants of the city...