maayatʼaan

Yucatec Maya

Alternative forms

• maaya tʼaan

Etymology

maaya (“Maya”) +‎ tʼaan (“language”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /màːjatʼàːn/

Noun

maayatʼaan

1. Yucatec Maya language.
   • 2022 June 16, “Tu Petenil Yucatán kun yáax meyajtbil u noj molts’íibil yóok'lal bix u t'a'anal le maayat’aano'”, in Sasil Sánchez Chan, transl., La Jornada Maya‎^[1], archived from the original on 2023-09-22:

     Tu petenil Yucatán kun yáax meyajtbil “Corpus Lingüístico Maya Peninsular”, ti’al u máan mola’antbil maayat’aan jach je’el bix u k’a’abéetkunsa’al t’aan tumen kaaj

     The Yucatan Peninsula will be the first [region] where there will be a "Peninsular Mayan Linguistic Corpus", with the aim of preserving Yucatec Maya as it is spoken by the people.