Sentence examples for Mayan language from inspiring English sources

Mayan language specialists such as Campbell believe this suggests a period of intense contact between Maya and the Lencan and Xinca people, possibly during the Classic period (250 900 CE).

The health and schooling of the 45% of the population who speak a Mayan language has been especially neglected.

Alfredo is one of the 90,000 people (more than 10 per cent of the population) who still speak the Mayan language in Campeche.

Ortiz gets along in Spanish, but his first language is Mixe, a Mayan language spoken by the Mixe Indians, in southern Mexico.

"It's more like 'the heart of my heart is happy,' " said Hilario Chi Canul, a professor of Mayan language and culture.

Written in K'iche' (a Mayan language) by a Mayan author or authors between 1554 and 1558, it uses the Latin alphabet with Spanish orthography.

Mayan languages were outlawed and cultural practices vilified and suppressed.

Mayan languages, family of indigenous languages spoken in southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize; Mayan languages were also formerly spoken in western Honduras and western El Salvador.

Mayan languages are still widely spoken, so it's worth adding a Dios botic ("thank you") to your list of holiday phrases.

In the early 21st century some 30 Mayan languages were spoken by more than five million people, most of whom were bilingual in Spanish.

Uvular stops (q) in contrast with velar stops (k) are found in Totonacan and several Mayan languages (those of the K'ichean-Mamean and Q'anjob'alan branches).