We have just published the first translation in #Yucatec #Maya on @globalvoices.org @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social!!! A story from Eastern Europe originally written in English and already translated to Español, বাংলা, Français, русский, Ελληνικά, عربي, Malagasy, 繁體中文, 简体中文, 日本語:
Chart showing 1 to 10 in Yucatec Maya and Tének (Huastec) languages, spoken in Mexico.
Map showing the distance between Huastec language (dark green) and the core Maya culture region in South and South East Mexico.
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Comparison of #numbers 1 to 10 between #Yucatec #Maya (Maaya t'aan) of the Yucatan Peninsula and #Huastec (Tének), spoken in North East #Mexico. Geographically speaking, Huastec is more than 800 kms. away from its closest related #languages.
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Chart shows the difference in tone (high or low) in modern Maya language.
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#Yucatec #Maya language, spoken by 800,000 people in the #Yucatan Peninsula, #Mexico, has different vowel qualities (short, long, reaticulated and glottalized) but only long vowels are affected by tone (high and low), as shown below:
