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| zenmonkey Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6553 days ago 803 posts - 1119 votes  1 sounds Speaks: EnglishC2*, Spanish*, French, German Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew | Message 9 of 12 11 March 2012 at 11:15pm | IP Logged | |||||
There are about 60 recognized different languages in Mexico with about 290 cataloged languages and dialects. You might be interested in The Ethnologue Edited by zenmonkey on 11 March 2012 at 11:17pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| nonneb Pentaglot Groupie SpainRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4752 days ago 80 posts - 173 votes Speaks: English*, Ancient Greek, Latin, German, Spanish Studies: Mandarin, Hungarian, French | Message 10 of 12 12 March 2012 at 9:50pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I haven't seen too many people interested in Mayan languages here, or most anywhere for that matter. While the Yucatec I learned living in rural Yucatan isn't good enough to really help anyone, I'd be more than happy to trade sources with anyone interested.
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| Journeyer Triglot Senior Member United States tristan85.blogspot.c Joined 6869 days ago 946 posts - 1110 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German Studies: Sign Language | Message 11 of 12 13 March 2012 at 12:14am | IP Logged | |||||
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What kind of sources do you have?
I've always been fascinated by these languages. While living in Mexico I picked up some very basic grammar books for Yucatec Mayan and for another language called Totonaco. Unfortunately I can't trade these because they aren't digital, but I tried to collect what I could since I didn't know if and when I'd ever find any resources for the languages again. I tried to undertake similar tasks while living in Peru. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| nonneb Pentaglot Groupie SpainRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4752 days ago 80 posts - 173 votes Speaks: English*, Ancient Greek, Latin, German, Spanish Studies: Mandarin, Hungarian, French | Message 12 of 12 17 March 2012 at 12:20am | IP Logged | |||||
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Maya für Yucatán: Wort für Wort is a pretty good combination phrasebook/grammar for Yucatec Mayan. It's structured pretty well and doesn't really dumb down the grammar too much, but isn't too complex to be a quick reference, unlike "A Grammar of the Yucatecan Mayan Language" by Bolles. I have a digital copy of Bolles but not of Maya für Yucatán, but I could scan it as soon as I'm done moving. I also know of some software which is a decent vocab trainer called "Curso Básico de Lengua Maya" (de la Secretaría de Educación del Estado de Yucatan), which you can download on the internet, and this online course here http://www.mayas.uady.mx/curso_maya/index_01.html . This site also has some audio materials, including something resembling a course http://dma.uchicago.edu/db/#?view=collection&idType=language ID&id=7413
My apologies if none of this is new or interesting, but I'll let you know if I remember anything else I've found useful. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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