I don't know if they are Yucatec Maya or not but I doubt it. From Wordnik.com. [How things get done in southern Mexico] Reference
Here's another one by El Maloso from his Yucatec dictionary. From Wordnik.com. [retiring to Merida, need good counsel] Reference
Hence, we know this engraving to be Yucatec and not Aztec in its origin. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245] Reference
At any rate, X in the Yucatec Maya speaking part of Mexico is pronounced more or less as ish or sh. From Wordnik.com. [When is "x" sh and when is it silent?] Reference
You'll be surprised and for linguaphiles out there, the living sounds of Yucatec conversation are beautiful to hear. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference
Fortunately the native artist had the time to sculpture the Yucatec hieroglyphs, which are the proof of its true origin. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245] Reference
A total of 199,073 Maya speakers lived in that state, representing 87.36% of all the Yucatec Maya speakers in the country. From Wordnik.com. [Campeche: on the edge of the Maya world] Reference
Imagine an Egyptologist who knows little of Middle Egyptian grammar, or a Mayanist who is unfamiliar with the Yucatec ejective stop. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference
It deserves attention on account of its resemblances, but still more on account of its differences, with certain other Yucatec glyphs. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245] Reference
Yucatec and Aztec gods has been so directly shown, on evidence almost purely pictorial, and therefore free from a certain kind of bias. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245] Reference
"Padre, filos y espiriti sante" and then got lost again as the petition continued, seeming to swing in and out of Spanish, Latin and Yucatec Mayan. From Wordnik.com. [Massage Exchange With A Traditional Maya Massage Therapist] Reference
Yucatec artist adhered to his prototypes in signs is perfectly true, although apparently partly contradicted by the identification I have just made. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245] Reference
Great cities like Chichén Itzá and Mayapán centered around life-sustaining cenotes, and small villages in the Yucatec hinterland still rely on them. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Yucatán] Reference
Apparently named for its principal town (now known as Champotón), Chanputún represented the southwestern extension of the Yucatec Maya cultural region. From Wordnik.com. [Campeche: on the edge of the Maya world] Reference
For thousands of years, the Yucatec Maya has been the dominant Mayan language throughout the Yucatán Peninsula, including Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo. From Wordnik.com. [Campeche: on the edge of the Maya world] Reference
I love the waches article and the Yucatec dictionary - well worth wading through the thread just to get them - thanks to both of you for posting the links. arbon. From Wordnik.com. [Page 2] Reference
They also "just got by" in Spanish, but were far from fluent in it because in their daily lives they spoke Yucatec Maya, one of the twenty-four living Maya languages. From Wordnik.com. [Massage Exchange With A Traditional Maya Massage Therapist] Reference
The Yucatecan languages Yucatec, Itza, Lacandon are part of a northern branch that split off about 3000 years ago from the lines that formed the southern Mayan languages. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: APOCALYPTO!] Reference
The Maya Linguistic Group is one of the largest in the Americas and is divided into approximately 69 languages, including the Huastec, Yucatec, Western Maya, and Eastern Maya groups. From Wordnik.com. [Campeche: on the edge of the Maya world] Reference
In Mexico's 1910 census, 227,883 persons were classified as speakers of the Yucatec Maya language, representing 11.62% of the 1,960,306 indigenous-speaking population in the entire country. From Wordnik.com. [Campeche: on the edge of the Maya world] Reference
The Chontal of Tabasco speak one of the 69 Mayan languages and have a close relation to the Yucatec Maya and Chol on the east and the Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Kanjobal, and Chuj of Chiapas on the west. From Wordnik.com. [Campeche: on the edge of the Maya world] Reference
I shall refer to him by the Aztec appelation, but I shall in future write it in italics; and in general the Yucatec equivalents of Aztec personages in italics, and the Aztec names in small capitals. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245] Reference
Living in the regions east of Acalán-Tixchel were a Yucatec Maya people who were known as the Cehache or Mazateca, inhabiting the border region between what is now Campeche and the Petén District of Guatemala. From Wordnik.com. [Campeche: on the edge of the Maya world] Reference
In the year 2000, speakers of Yucatec Maya continued to represent the dominant language in the entire Yucatán Peninsula, with 547,098 (68.7%) in Yucatán, 163,477 (20.5%) in Quintana Roo, and 75,874 (9.5%) in Campeche. From Wordnik.com. [Campeche: on the edge of the Maya world] Reference
Dictionary with 4,000 terms translated to and from Yucatec and English. From Wordnik.com. [Windows Marketplace: results for the '' category] Reference
They represented Kechua, Cheyenne, Yucatec and Kechin Maya, Mapuche, Cuna and numerous other indigenous groups from Alaska and British Columbia to Hawaii, and Panama to Argentina. From Wordnik.com. [theartblog] Reference
Aztec; it was made by a Yucatec. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245] Reference
Yucatec. From Wordnik.com. [Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development] Reference
Belize has a diverse population: Mestizo, Creole, Garífuna, Caribbean, Maya Kekchi, Maya Mopán, Mennonite, Yucatec, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Water profile of Belize] Reference
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