List of Mayan languages


The Maya languages are a group of languages spoken by the Mayan people. The Maya form an enormous group of approximately 7 million people which are descended from an ancient Mesoamerican civilization and spread across the modern-day countries of: Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. Speaking descendant languages from their original Proto-Mayan language, some of their languages were recorded in the form of 'glyphs' of a Mayan script.

Languages

The languages are shown along with their population estimates, as available.
LanguageSpeakersYearCountries
Chontal36,8102010 census
Chʼol212,1172010 census
Chʼortiʼ30,0002000,
Chʼoltiʼ512000 census, Belize
Tzeltal445,8562010 census
Tzotzil404,7042010 census
Chicomuceltec0Extinct,
Huastec161,1202010 census
Chuj61,6302003-2011,
Tojolabʼal51,7332010 census
Jakaltek34,5002000-2003, ,
Qʼanjobʼal148,3402003-2010,
Akatek45,4302003-2011,
Mochoʼ302011
Awakatek9,6102003 census
Ixil83,6002003 census
Mam488,5002003-2011,
Tektitek1,2112000-2003,
Qʼeqchiʼ733,6002003-2014,
Poqomam11,3002003 census
Poqomchiʼ92,9002003 census
Achi82,6002003 census
Kʼicheʼ2,330,0002000
Kaqchikel445,0002001 census
Tzʼutujil63,2002003 census
Sakapultek15,0002006
Sipakapense5,6902003 census
Uspantek2,0002013
Itzaʼ1,0902003 census
Mopan13,0602003-2014,
Lacandon6002015
Yucatec812,6332010-2014,