Yucatec
Language Information
Yucatec (Yucatec Maya) is spoken in southeastern Mexico, in the states of Yucatán, Quintana Roo, and Campeche, and in northern Belize.
Yucatec is a Mayan language with about 800,000 speakers, the second largest Mayan language. It is spoken around the ancient cities of Chichén Itzá and Uxmal.
Yucatec is a Mayan language with about 800,000 speakers, the second largest Mayan language. It is spoken around the ancient cities of Chichén Itzá and Uxmal.
- Language Family
- North American Indian
- Subgroup
- Mayan
Yucatec Language Sample
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1
Maya, Yucatán
Tuláakal wíinik ku síijil jáalkʼab yetel keet u tsiikul yetel Najmal Sijnalil, beytun xan naʼataʼan sijnalil yetel noʼojaʼanil u tuukuloʼ, kʼaʼabet u bisikuba bey láaktzilil yetel tuláakal u baatzileʼ.English translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Source: OHCHR translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights