The use of these terms is ethically and politically problematic. This scientific label is sometimes used as an ascribed social or ethnic name. Linguists created the name "Yucatec Maya" which they sometimes abbreviate simply as "Yucatec" or "Yukatec" to refer to the language speakers call Maya. In other words, Maya is their social or "ethnic" identity.Ħ. These Maya, who live throughout the Yucatán Peninsular, self-identify as Maya.
One of the Mayan languages has as its proper name Maya. Mayans does not provide any information on the sociocultural identify of speakers, for example nationality.ĥ. Mayan is not a social, cultural, or political identity. It refers to the Mayan language family, the languages of the Mayan language family, the proto-Mayan source language, and to speakers of a Mayan language. Mayan is a term invented by linguists and should only be used in the same way that Indo-European is used. Maya is the proper name of self-identification and ascribed identity not "Mayan."Ĥ. Although some Maya identify as Indigenous but not as Maya, others identify as Maya but not Indigenous. At least since the 19th century, Maya people primarily identify by the Mayan language they speak (for example Jakaltec, Mam, and Lacandon) as well as by their nationality (for example, Mexican, Guatemalan, Belizean, Canadian, US, or other).ģ. The different Maya peoples are culturally and linguistically diverse. Although never unified under a single political state, empire, or kingdom, their shared cultural traditions constitutes a civilization that extends back to at least 2000 BCE.Ģ. They continue to live in their ancestral homeland which is today occupied by Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras and El Salvador, and southern Mexico (the state of Chiapas and the Yucatán Peninsula), as well as in diaspora communities in the USA, Canada, and Europe. There are between 4 and 8 million speakers of Mayan languages. Maya is an umbrella term of self-identification of a linguistically diverse Indigenous people. Maya or Mayans? Comment on Correct Terminology and Spellingsġ. OSEA Field Study Abroad Programs in Mexico Why there are no Mayan prophecies! Learn Maya, Summer Intensive Maya Language Program, Maya Language and Culture, Yucatan, Mexico, FLAS Maya, Maya dictionary, Summer Study Abroad, Maya cultural immersion, Summer Intensive Maya Immersion Language Program, Less Commonly Taught Languages, Latin American Area Studies, Mayan language, Mayan calendar, Mayan culture, Mayan Civilization, 2012 Maya prophecy National Resource Centers, Yucatec Maya, Linguistic Immersion in Maya Language, Speak Mayan, Read Maya, Maya hieroglyphs, epigraphy, second language learning, Mexico, travel, tourism, Cancun, Spanish Language School, FLAS Fellowships, Summer FLAS Fellowships, FLAS Awards, Foreign Language Area Studies Grants, FLAS Approved Summer Intensive Language Program, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico OSEA-CITE: Maya Language Immersion Program, FLAS Approved Yucatec Maya Program, Learn Maya, Resources for Learning Maya, Summer Study Abroad, Maya cultural immersion, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Ek Balam, Playa del Carmen, Caste War, Tulum, Xcaret, Maya Language, Cozumel, Akumal, Loco Gringo, When do you use Mayan and when Maya? Is it Mayan calendar or Maya calendar? The truth about Mayan Civilization.
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