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What is the difference between English language and Mayan language?
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∙ 12y ago
A better question might be: "What is similar between the English language and Mayan language?", because there are far more differences than similarities.
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∙ 12y ago
English is a Germanic language with a Latin-derived alphabet, while the Mayan language is a family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in Central America, with a hieroglyphic writing system. English is widely spoken worldwide, while the Mayan languages are primarily spoken by indigenous communities in parts of Guatemala, Mexico, Belize, and Honduras. The grammatical structures and vocabulary of English and Mayan languages are also very different due to their separate linguistic lineages.
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Did the Mayans have a written language or a spoken language?
The Mayans had both a written language and a spoken language. Their written language, known as hieroglyphics, was used for inscriptions on monuments and codices. Their spoken language, Mayan languages, encompassed a group of related languages spoken by the Mayan peoples in Mesoamerica.
What do Mexicans speak?
Mexicans primarily speak Spanish as their official language. Indigenous languages are also spoken by some communities throughout Mexico.
Mayan languages today are spoken by approximately how many people?
Mayan languages are spoken by approximately 6 million people today.
How many people can speak the Mayan language today?
Approximately 6 million people speak Mayan languages today, primarily in Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize. There are over 30 different Mayan languages with varying degrees of speakership.
What country speaks Mayan languages?
Mayan languages are primarily spoken in Mexico and Guatemala, with some speakers also found in Belize and parts of Honduras and El Salvador. These languages are part of the wider Mayan language family, which includes over 30 different languages.
Was there a difference between Mayan boys and girls?
The same difference between boys and girls everywhere.
Can English be translated into Aztec or Mayan language?
yes and no. since bishop/friar Diego deLanda burned the books, we do not know all of the Mayan words. he felt that the Mayas books were from the devil.
What is the language used in the movie apocalypto?
Mayan - Yucateac dialect.
What is Mayan for the English word family?
The Mayan language was originally written in a series of word pictures called glyphs. However, a modern translation of the word "family" would be "laktsil, pamilya."
What languages are spoken in Teotihuacan Mexico?
Uxmal is an ancient Mayan city in Yukatán, the language spoken there was the Mayan language.
Was the ancient Mayan language any different from modern day Mayan?
IT IS VERY SIMPLE WHAT WE use now is a normal language the mayans today use spanish /espanol but, the languge they used back then is somthing like gyberish as we no it so there is no difference exept for how it sounds like
What language is the word pi from?
its Mayan
What is the main language in Yucatan Mexico?
mayan
Describe mayan writing and why it gave scholars a hard time to decipher?
Mayan writing was written with its own language, a dead language which makes it hard to detect.
What is one same thing between the Mayan calendar and todays calendar?
One thing that is the same about the mayans calender and are's is well.... the mayans actually made are calender design so that's the similarity there is only around one difference a different language
What is the beauty of Mayan language?
the beauty is that they write with pictures.
When was the ancient Mayan language developed?
758 a.D
