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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 Yucatecan languages are closely linked with each other. However people speaking Itza’ and those speaking Yucatec do have difficulties understanding each other.Today it is spoken only by a few elderly adults in communities to the north of Lake Petén Itzá in northern Guatemala. It is nearly extinct.