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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A member of a Mayan people inhabiting the Yucatán Peninsula.
- n. The Mayan language of the Yucatec.
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WordNet 3.0
- n. a member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico
- n. a Mayan language spoken by the Yucatec
Examples
“In the year 2000, speakers of Yucatec Maya continued to represent the dominant language in the entire Yucatán Peninsula, with 547,098 (68.7%) in Yucatán, 163,477 (20.5%) in Quintana Roo, and 75,874 (9.5%) in Campeche.”
“The Maya Linguistic Group is one of the largest in the Americas and is divided into approximately 69 languages, including the Huastec, Yucatec, Western Maya, and Eastern Maya groups.”
“In Mexico's 1910 census, 227,883 persons were classified as speakers of the Yucatec Maya language, representing 11.62% of the 1,960,306 indigenous-speaking population in the entire country.”
“Apparently named for its principal town (now known as Champotón), Chanputún represented the southwestern extension of the Yucatec Maya cultural region.”
“A total of 199,073 Maya speakers lived in that state, representing 87.36% of all the Yucatec Maya speakers in the country.”
“Northeast of Acalán-Tixchel, along the present-day central coastline of Campeche, was the Yucatec Maya Province of Chanputún (Champotón), which ran from present-day Champotón northward to Tichac (Sihochac) and extended some distance inland.”
“Living in the regions east of Acalán-Tixchel were a Yucatec Maya people who were known as the Cehache or Mazateca, inhabiting the border region between what is now Campeche and the Petén District of Guatemala.”
“The Chontal of Tabasco speak one of the 69 Mayan languages and have a close relation to the Yucatec Maya and Chol on the east and the Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Kanjobal, and Chuj of Chiapas on the west.”
“While Acalán was primarily occupied by the Chontal Indians, the other three states were Yucatec Mayan nations.”
“For thousands of years, the Yucatec Maya has been the dominant Mayan language throughout the Yucatán Peninsula, including Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo.”
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