Maya languages

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Maya_languages
GPTKB entity
Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf language family
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Proto-Mayan
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Maya_peoples
gptkbp:glottologCode maya1287
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Pre-Columbian_era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Maya languages
gptkbp:ISO639-3 myn
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Mesoamerican_languages
gptkbp:linguisticClassification gptkb:Q'anjobalan
gptkb:Cholan–Tseltalan
gptkb:Huastecan
gptkb:Yucatecan
gptkb:Chujean–Q'anjobalan
gptkb:Eastern_Mayan
gptkb:Greater_K'ichean
gptkb:Greater_Q'anjobalan
gptkb:K'ichean–Mamean
gptkb:Western_Mayan
Mamean
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:Q'anjob'al
gptkb:Q'eqchi'
gptkb:K'iche'
gptkb:Kaqchikel
gptkb:Mam
gptkb:Yucatec_Maya
gptkbp:notableLanguage gptkb:Q'anjob'al
gptkb:Q'eqchi'
gptkb:K'iche'
gptkb:Kaqchikel
gptkb:Mam
gptkb:Yucatec_Maya
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers about 6 million
gptkbp:region gptkb:Central_America
gptkb:Southern_Mexico
gptkb:Northern_Central_America
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Mixe–Zoque_languages
gptkb:Totonic_languages
gptkb:Oto-Manguean_languages
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Belize
gptkb:El_Salvador
gptkb:Guatemala
gptkb:Honduras
gptkb:Mexico
gptkb:Mesoamerica
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus some endangered
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_alphabet
gptkb:Maya_script
gptkb:Mayan_hieroglyphs
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Belizean_Creole
gptkb:Petén_Basin
gptkb:Belizean_Kriol
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6