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Mopan Indian Language

Mopán or Mopan Maya (known to its own speakers simply as Maya) is a Mayan language,
Mopan is spoken by about 8,000 people in Belize and Guatemala. It has VOS word order.

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Our Mopan Language Materials

Mopan Vocabulary
Our list of vocabulary words in the Mopan language, with comparison to words in other Mayan languages.

Mopan Maya Pronunciation Guide:
How to pronounce Mopan words.

Mopan Animal Words:
Illustrated glossary of animal words in the Mopan language.

Mopan Body Parts:
Online and printable worksheets showing parts of the body in Mopan.

Mopan Colors:
Worksheet showing color words in Mopan.

Mopan Numbers:
Worksheet showing how to count in the Mopan language.

Mopan Language Resources

Language Map of Guatemala and Belize:
Map showing where in Central America the Mopan language is spoken.

Tojil Meen T’an Mopan:
Online Spanish-Mopan glossary, with some audio clips of spoken words.

Language Museum: Mopan Maya

Lord's Prayer in Maya Mopan:
Mopan translations of Biblical passages and Christian prayers.

Lengua Mopan
Information on the Mopan language, including a linguistic map of Guatemala. Page in Spanish.

Wikipedia: Mopan:
Brief encyclopedia entry on Mopan.

House of Languages: Mopán:
Information about Mopan language usage.

Mopan Maya:
Demographic information about Mopan from the Ethnologue of Languages.

Mopán Language Tree:
Theories about Mopan's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.

Mopan Language Structures:
Mopan linguistic profile and academic bibliography.

Mopan Culture and History Links

Mopan Maya
Article about Mopan culture and history.

Maya Myths:
Collection of Mayan Indian legends and folktales.

Maya Religion:
Online texts on Mayan ceremonies, myths, and religious traditions.

Books for sale on the Mopans
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Relatively Speaking: Language, Thought, and Kinship among the Mopan Maya:
Book on Mopan language and culture for sale online.

Mopan: Culture and Ethnicity in a Changing Belizean Community:
Anthropology book on the Mopan Mayas of Belize.

The Ancient Maya:
Excellent historical overview of ancient Mayan civilization in general.

Native Books:
Evolving list of books about Mayas and Native Americans in general.

Links, References, and Additional Information

  Endangered Languages Project: Mopan:
Bibliography of Mopan language resources.
  Maya Books
  Books for sale on the Maya Indian cultures.
  Wikipedia: Mopan:
  Encyclopedia articles on the Mopan people.
  El Pueblo Mopán

Los Mopan:
Information about the Mopanes in Spanish.

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