The Tektitek language (Tectiteco Teco or B’a’aj) is a member of the Quichean–Mamean branch of the Mayan language family. It is very closely related to the Mam language. Tektikek is […]
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Tz’utujil language
Tz’utujil /ˈ(t)suːtəhiːl/ is a Mayan language spoken by the Tz’utujil people in the region to the south of Lake Atitlán in Guatemala. Tz’utujil is closely related to its larger neighbors […]
Uspantek language
The Uspanteko (Uspanteco Uspanteko Uspantec) is a Mayan language of Guatemala closely related to K’iche’. It is spoken in the Uspantán and Playa Grande Ixcán[1] municipios in the Department El […]
Mopan Maya language
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 Department of Guatemala […]
Itza’ language
Itza’ (also Itza Petén Itzá Maya) is one of the Yucatecan branch of the Mayan languages. The other languages in the Yucatecan branch are Yucatec Lakantun and Mopan. All the […]
Tojolab’al language
Tojolabal is a Mayan language spoken in Chiapas Mexico. It is related to the Chuj language spoken in Guatemala. Tojolabal is spoken especially in the departments of the Chiapanecan Colonia […]
Awakatek language
Awakatek is a Mayan language spoken in primarily Huehuetenango Guatemala in and around Aguacatán.
Achi language
Achi (Achí in Spanish) is a Mayan language very closely related to K’iche’ (Quiché in the older orthography). It is spoken by the Achi people primarily in the department of […]
Ixil language
Ixil-Maya is one of the 21 different Mayan languages spoken in the Central American country of Guatemala. According to historical linguistic studies Ixil emerged as a separate language sometime around […]
Guachichil
Of all the Chichimeca natives the Guachichiles occupied the most extensive territory stretching north to Saltillo in Coahuila and to the northern corners of Michoacán in the south. Considered both […]