Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Mopan are one of the Maya peoples in Belize and Guatemala. Their indigenous language is also called Mopan and is one of the Yucatec Maya languages. The British forced the Mopan out of Belize into Guatemala. The Mopan in Guatemala meanwhile endured slavery. In the 19th century many Guatemalan Mopan fled back into Belize.In the 2000 Census 6909 Belizeans recorded Mopan as their mother tongue and 6093 as their first language; 3% the population.