File:Tree of maya languages.svg
| Description |
English: Tree of Mayan Languages with glottochronological info (dates are purely indicative) and main subfamilies.
Français : Arbre des langues mayas : infos glottochronologiques (dates à valeur indicative) et principales sous-familles.
Español: Árbol de los idiomas mayas con información glotocronológica (las fechas son indicaciones) y con las principales subfamilias.
Deutsch: Maya-Sprachen-Baum mit glottochrologischen Infos (Zeitrechnung als unverbindlicher Anhaltspunktst) und den meisten Unterfamilien. |
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| Source | Self-made (see references below) |
| Author | Régis Lachaume |
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
Public Domain |
References used
- Robert J. Sharer, La civilisación maya (tercera edición), Fondo de Cultura, 1998, ISBN 968-16-4771-8, fig XIII.2
- Contains the basic shape of the tree
- Raymond G. Gordon Jr. (ed.), Language family trees : Mayan, in Ethnologue: Languages of the World (15th edition), Dallas, Tex.: SIL International.
- Factual corrections (= update of the language tree model) and group names
- David F. Mora-Marín, Proto-Ch'olan as the Standard Language of Classic Lowland Mayan Texts, Current Anthropology
- Proto-Ch'olan - then Eastern Ch'olan? - (Chortí & Cholti's ancestor) as Classical Maya, and update of chortí/chol split date.
Precautions of use
- Not all Mayan languages have been reported, names in the picture are groups of closely related languages (mutually intelligible) often with the same name.
- The separations are theoretical reconstructions based on grammar and vocabular differences of today's language as well as phonetic hints from Classical Maya inscriptions (IV-Xth centuries).
Similar language tree
A slightly different, English version of the Maya Language Tree is available at Image:Mayan Language Tree in colour.png.
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