Maya Americans are Americans of Maya descent. Most Maya Americans originate from western Guatemala and the Mexican state of Chiapas.
Maya Americans are Americans of Maya descent. Most Maya Americans originate from western Guatemala and the Mexican state of Chiapas.
Yucatec Maya (/ˈjuːkətɛk ˈmaɪə/ YOO-kə-tek MY-ə; Spanish: yucateco [ʝukaˈteko]), referred to by its speakers as mayaʼ or maayaʼ t’aan (pronounced [màːjaʔˈtʼàːn] ), is a Mayan language spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula, including part of northern Belize. There is also a significant diasporic community of Yucatec Maya speakers in San Francisco, though most Maya Americans are speakers of other Mayan languages from Guatemala and Chiapas.