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Mopan Maya
Mopan
Spoken in	Belize, Guatemala
Ethnicity	Mopan
Native speakers	Belize, approx. 5,000 Guatemala, approx. 2,000 (date missing)
Language family	Mayan Yucatecan Mopan–Itza Mopan Maya
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`mop`

Mopan is a language that belongs to the Yucatecan branch of the Mayan languages. It is spoken by the Mopan people. It is spoken in Belize in Cayo and San Antonio, and Guatemala, in the towns of San Luis, Poptún, Melchor, and Dolores (Kaufman 1970:65).^[1] Its word order is VOS, which is unique among the Yucatecan languages.

The other Yucatecan languages are Yucatec, Lacandon (Lakantun), and Itza.

Phonology

Consonants

The following are the consonants of the Mopan Maya language^[2]

	Labial		Alveolar		Palatal		Velar		Velar
	aspirated	ejective	aspirated	ejective	aspirated	ejective	aspirated	ejective	Velar
Nasal	m [m]		n [n]				nh [ŋ]
Plosive	b' [ɓ]	p' [pʼ]	t [tʰ] d [d]	t' [tʼ]			k [kʰ]	k' [kʼ]	' [ʔ]
Affricate	p [p̪ʰ]		tz [tsʰ]	tz' [tsʼ]	ch [tʃʰ]	ch' [tʃʼ]
Fricative	w [v]		s [s]		x [ʃ]				j [x]
Approximant			l [l]		y [j]
Flap			r [ɾ]

References and further reading

^ Kaufman, Terrence. 1970. Proyecto de alfabetos y ortografías para escribir las lenguas mayances. Antigua: Editorial José de Pineda Ibarra.
^ http://www.native-languages.org/mopan_guide.htm

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Official language: English

Non-official languages: Kriol · Spanish · Garifuna · Q'eqchi' · Mopan · Yucatec Maya · Plautdietsch

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