Mayan languages

The Mayan languages are a family of related languages spoken from southeastern Mexico through northern Central America as far south as Honduras. They go back at least some 5000 years in the Pre-Columbian era of Mesoamerica. Although the Spanish language (and in Belize the English language) is the official language of the area today, Mayan languages are still spoken as a primary or secondary language by over 3 million Maya people in the region today. In Classical times (600-800 AD) and as late as the Spanish Conquest, the language was written on buildings, pottery and bark-paper codices in a highly elaborate script now called Maya hieroglyphics.

Mayan languages

• Cholan-Tzeltalan languages
• Chol language {{IPA|}}
• Chorti language
• Chontal language
• Tzeltal language {{IPA|}}
• Tzotzil language {{IPA|}}
• Huastecan languages
• Huastec language {{IPA|}}
• Chicomuceltec language
• Kanjobalan-Chujean languages
• Chuj language {{IPA|}}
• Tojolabal language
• Jacaltec language
• Kanjobal language {{IPA|}}
• Mocho language
• Quichean-Mamean languages
• Mam language {{IPA|}}
• Ixil language
• Kekchi language {{IPA|}}
• Pocomam language
• Quichean languages
• Quiché language {{IPA|}}
• Cakchiquel language {{IPA|}}
• Tz'utujil language
• Yucatecan languages
• Itza language
• Lacandon language
• Mopan language
• Yucatec Maya language {{IPA|}}
• Mayan Sign Languages
• Yucatec Maya Sign Language