Core Mayan

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Core Mayan is a major internal grouping of the Mayan language family that encompasses several closely related branches spoken across Mesoamerica.

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Core Mayan canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mayan language subgroup
language family subgroup
distinguishedFrom Eastern Mayan (in some classifications)
linked to: Eastern Mayan

Huastecan branch of Mayan
familyColor Mayan
geographicDistribution northern Central America
southern Mexico
hasAlternativeName Core Mayan branch
Core Mayan subgroup
hasCharacteristic comprises closely related Mayan branches
reconstructed through comparative method
shares common morphological innovations within Mayan
shares common phonological innovations within Mayan
hasLanguage Akatek
Chicomuceltec
Chontal Maya
linked to: Chontal of Tabasco

Chuj
Chʼol
Itzaʼ
Jakaltek
Kaqchikel
Kʼicheʼ
Lacandon
Mopan
linked to: Mopan Maya

Qʼanjobʼal
Tojol-abʼal
linked to: Tojolabal

Tseltal
linked to: Tzeltal Maya

Tzotzil
Tzʼutujil
linked to: Tzʼutujil Maya

Uspantek
Wastek
Yucatec Maya
hasSubgroup Chʼolan–Tseltalan
Kʼichean–Mamean
Qʼanjobʼalan
linked to: Qʼanjobʼal

Tojol-abʼal subgroup
Wastekan
linked to: Wastek

Yucatecan
isDefinedBy comparative-historical linguistics of Mayan languages
partOf Mayan language family
linked to: Mayan languages
spokenIn Belize
Guatemala
Honduras
Mesoamerica
Mexico
subclassOf Mayan languages

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Yucatecan branch subgroupOf Core Mayan