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Maya, Mopán

A language of Belize

ISO 639-3: mop

Population	9,200 in Belize (2006). Population total all countries: 11,800.
Region	Toledo, Stann Creek, and Cayo districts. Also in Guatemala.
Language map	Belize
Alternate names	Maya Mopán, Mopane
Classification	Mayan, Yucatecan, Mopan-Itza
Language development	NT: 1979.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	VOS.

Also spoken in:

Guatemala

Language name	Maya, Mopán
Population	2,600 in Guatemala (1990 SIL).
Region	Petén Department.
Language map	Guatemala, reference number 24
Alternate names	Maya Mopán, Mopane
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BENDOR-SAMUEL, John T., author. 1968. Review of: Languages of Guatemala, Marvin K. Mayers, editor.

MAYERS, Marvin K., author. 1966. "Linguistic comparisons [between Mayan languages]."

MAYERS, Marvin K., editor. 1966. Languages of Guatemala.

PECK, Charles W.; ULRICH, Matthew; ULRICH, Rosemary, authors. 1986. Mopan Mayan verbs.

SHAW, Mary, editor. 1971. According to our ancestors: Folk texts from Guatemala and Honduras.  

SHAW, Mary, editor. 1972. Según nuestros antepasados: Textos folklóricos de Guatemala y Honduras.

ULRICH, Matthew; ULRICH, Rosemary, authors. 1966. "Mopan Maya."

ULRICH, Matthew; ULRICH, Rosemary, authors. 1966. "Mopán-Maya."

ULRICH, Matthew; ULRICH, Rosemary, authors. 1971. "Mopan."  

ULRICH, Matthew; ULRICH, Rosemary, authors. 1972. "Mopán-Maya."

ULRICH, Matthew; ULRICH, Rosemary, authors. 1976. Diccionario bilingüe: Maya Mopán y Español, Español y Maya Mopán.

ULRICH, Matthew; ULRICH, Rosemary, authors. 1977. "Alfabeto Maya-Mopán."

ULRICH, Matthew; ULRICH, Rosemary, authors. 1977. Mopán vocabulary and grammar of San Luis (Petén).

ULRICH, Matthew; ULRICH, Rosemary, authors. 1982. Stories of the sacred, serious, sensational and silly from Mopan Maya texts.

ULRICH, Matthew; ULRICH, Rosemary, authors. 1986. Historias de lo sagrado, lo serio, lo sensacional y lo sencillo: Textos Maya-Mopanes.

VIELMAN, Julio, translator; MAYERS, Marvin K., editor. 1966. Lenguas de Guatemala.

Vernacular Publications

Ca wilaʼ a mejen. 1964.

Chücüwil etel queelil. 1969.

El alfabeto maya mopán. 1962.

Jedaʼ tzetzeec a betabiji = Algunos inventos. 1970.

La tuberculosis. 1969.

La viruela. 1964.

Leʼec a yocʼolcab etel a xülaba = La tierra y los planetas. 1969.

Leʼec bon a uchben caj ich America. 1969.

Los continentes. 1969.

Maya Mopan xoc 1, 2, 3. 1973.

Maya Mopan xoc. 1983.

Quiʼil jaʼ. 1969.

Tanac a wützquintic a luʼumu. 1964.

Tzʼiib. 1983.

U cuuch pücʼaal. 1969.