Mayan languages

Language family spoken in Mesoamerica

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2015 Campbell noted that new evidence presented by David Mora-Marin made the relationship between Mayan and Mixe-Zoquean languages more plausible.
2011 Death of Luis Enrique Sam Colop, a notable Kʼicheʼ scholar and translator.
2010 Population estimate of 2.5 million Mayan language speakers documented in Mexico.

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