Welke talen spraken de Maya's?
Welke talen spraken de Maya's?
- Achi.
- K'iche'
- Kaqchikel.
- Tz'utujil.
Hoe woonde de Maya's?
De Maya's leefden niet in een groot rijk, maar in verschillende stadstaten. De belangrijkste waren: Palenque, Tikan, Copal, Bonampak, Yaxchilan en Chichen Itza. Aan het hoofd van die steden stonden vrijwel altijd koningen en priesters. De koningen, die veel macht wilden, voerden vaak oorlog met elkaar.
What are the Mayan languages?
The Mayan languages form a language family spoken in Mesoamerica and northern Central America. Mayan languages are spoken by at least 6 million Maya peoples, primarily in Guatemala, Mexico, Belize and Honduras. In 1996, Guatemala formally recognized 21 Mayan languages by name, and Mexico recognizes eight more within its territory.
What is the relationship between Mayan and Mesoamerican languages?
The Mayan language family has no demonstrated genetic relationship to other language families. Similarities with some languages of Mesoamerica are understood to be due to diffusion of linguistic traits from neighboring languages into Mayan and not to common ancestry.
What is the best book on Mayan linguistics?
"Introduction to Mayan Linguistics" (PDF). Language and Linguistics Compass. Bolles, David (2003) [1997]. "Combined Dictionary–Concordance of the Yucatecan Mayan Language" (Revized ed.).
What are the Mayan relational nouns?
In Mayan most relational nouns are metaphorically derived from body parts so that "on top of", for example, is expressed by the word for head. Mayan languages are ergative in their alignment.
