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updated 4-4-2001 The Mayan languages (Macro-Penutian) comprise one branch of the Macro-Penutian family of languages. There are numerous Mayan languages, divided among many sub-branches. The major sub-branches of Mayan are Main Mayan, Huastecan, Yucatecan, and Chipaya-Uru. Such languages as Chol, Tzeltal, Jacaltec, Kekchi, Pocoman, Cakchiquel, Mam, Quiche, and Kanjobal are all Mayan. Today the Mayan languages are spoken in Mexico and Central America. Prior to the coming of the Europeans, Mayan civilization had reached a high level, complete with a complicated hieroglyphic writing system which only today is beginning to be interpreted. The Popul Vuh was the sacred book of the Mayans, and was originally written in Mayan hieroglyphics; it was transliterated into the Latin alphabet in the 16th century. Some scholars now believe that the Toltec people spoke a Mayan language. For specific Mayan languages, choose Chontal, Huastec, Jacaltec, Mam, Quiche, or Yucatec. Mayan Languages
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Individual Mayan languages on this page so far include Chontal, Jacaltec, and Quiche.
updated 7-5-2002 Chontal (Macro-Penutian), also called Acalan, belongs to the Cholan sub- branch of the Greater Cholan sub-branch of the Western Mayan sub-branch of the Main Mayan sub-branch of the Mayan branch of the Macro-Penutian family of languages. Chontal is spoken in Mexico. 970.472 Adams, Richard E. W., 1931- A216p Prehistoric Mesoamerica. -- Rev. ed. -- 1991 Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1991. RID: 90-50679 ITEM #: zap00004 720.97274 Mullen, Robert James M9582a The architecture and sculpture of Oaxaca, 1530s-l980s. -- [S.l.] : Center for Latin American Studies, Arizona State University, 1994 RID: 94-40915 ITEM #: spa00947 467.9727 Turner, Paul R., 1929- T951d Dictionary : Chontal ... RID: 78-164366 ITEM #: chn00001 Chontal
updated 9-27-2002 Huastec (Macro-Penutian) belongs to the Huastecan sub-branch of the Mayan branch of the Macro-Penutian family of languages. Huastec is spoken in Mexico. 970.472 Adams, Richard E. W., 1931- A216p Prehistoric Mesoamerica. -- Rev. ed. -- Norman : University of 1991 Oklahoma Press, 1991. RID: 90-50679 ITEM #: zap00004 Huastec
updated 7-5-2002 Jacaltec (Macro-Penutian), also called Jacalteco and Jacatec, belongs to the Kanjobalan sub-branch of the Greater Kanjobalan sub-branch of the Western Mayan sub- branch of the Main Mayan sub-branch of the Mayan branch of the Macro-Penutian family of languages. Jacaltec is spoken in Guatemala and Mexico. 497.4 Craig, Colette Grinevald C886s The structure of Jacaltec RID: 76-27109 ITEM #: jac00001 497.4 Day, Christopher D273j The Jacaltec language RID: 72-619707 ITEM #: jac00002 Jacaltec
updated 9-27-2002 Mam (Macro-Penutian) belongs to the Mamean sub-branch of the Eastern Mayan sub-branch of the Main Mayan sub-branch of the Mayan branch of the Macro- Penutian family of languages. Mam is spoken in Guatemala. 497.4 England, Nora C E58g A grammar of Mam ... RID: 82-51115 ITEM #: mam00001 Mam
updated 4-29-2002 Quiche (Macro-Penutian), also spelled K'iche, belongs to the Quichean sub- branch of the Greater Quichean sub-branch of the Eastern Mayan sub-branch of the Main Mayan sub-branch of the Mayan branch of the Macro-Penutian family of languages. Quiche is spoken in Guatemala. The Popul Vuh, the sacred book of the pre-Hispanic Maya, was written in Quiche. 970.472 Adams, Richard E. W., 1931- A216p Prehistoric Mesoamerica. -- Rev. ed. -- 1991 Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1991. RID: 90-50679 ITEM #: zap00004 897.4 Jackson, Donald, 1895- P829Zj Religious concepts in ancient America ... . Hicksville, N.Y. : RID: 76-363012 ITEM #: qui00002 305.30972 Joyce, Rosemary A., 1956- J895g Gender and power in Prehispanic Mesoamerica. -- [S.l.] : University of Texas Press, 2000 RID: 00-8033 ITEM #: qui00004 497.4 Mondloch, James L M741b Basic Quiche grammar RID: wln84-122429 ITEM #: qui00001 398.208997 Tedlock, Dennis, 1939- T256s The spoken word and the work of interpre- tation. -- Philadelphia : University of Pennsyl- vania Press, 1983. RID: 82-40489 ITEM #: qui00003 Quiche
updated 12-4-2002 Yucatec (Macro-Penutian), also called Yucateco and Mayan Proper, belongs to the Yucatecan sub-branch of the Mayan branch of the Macro-Penutian family of languages. Yucatec is spoken in Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize. SI Bowditch, Charles Pickering, 1842-1921 2.3: Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and 28 history; twenty-four papers by Eduard Seler ... et al. -- Washington, Documents G.P.O., 1904. RID: 05-39190 ITEM #: zap00001 497.4152321 Bricker, Victoria Reifler, 1940- B8497d A dictionary of the Maya language, as spoken in Hocaba, Yucatan / Victoria R. Bricker, Eleuterio Po?ot Yah, Ofelia Dzul de Po?ot. -- Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, 1998 RID: 98-25171 ITEM #: ycc00001 305.30972 Joyce, Rosemary A., 1956- J895g Gender and power in Prehispanic Mesoamerica. -- [S.l.] : University of Texas Press, 2000 RID: 00-8033 ITEM #: qui00004 Yucatec
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