Itzaj T'an

Maya itzá

Mayan

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Itzá Maya (autonymously Itzaj T'an, also spelled Itza or Itzá) is a Yucatecan Mayan language of Petén, Guatemala — the last surviving language of the historic Itzá Maya, the people who founded the kingdom of Tayasal at Lake Petén Itzá. The Tayasal kingdom was famously the last independent Maya state, conquered by the Spanish only in 1697 — more than 200 years after the rest of the Maya world had fallen. The Itzá kingdom maintained pre-Columbian political continuity from the Postclassic Maya era through the colonial period via geographic isolation in the Petén jungle. Today, only around 1,000 elderly speakers remain, primarily in San José village on the northern shore of Lake Petén Itzá; younger Itzá Maya generations have shifted to Spanish. Linguistically, Itzá is closely related to Yucatec Maya (yua) but with distinct vocabulary preserving Postclassic Yucatecan features lost in the modern Yucatec dialect.

Où elle est parlée

20 mots essentiels en Maya itzá

Eau

jaʼ

/haʔ/

Feu

kʼakʼ

/kʼakʼ/

Soleil

kʼin

/kʼin/

Lune

uj

/uh/

Mère

naʼ

/naʔ/

Père

tat

/tat/

Manger

jant

/hant/

Boire

ukʼ

/ukʼ/

Amour

yakunti

/jakunti/

Cœur

pukʼsikʼal

/pukʼsikʼal/

Arbre

cheʼ

/tʃeʔ/

Maison

nah

/nah/

Chien

pekʼ

/pekʼ/

Chat

mis

/mis/

Main

kʼab

/kʼab/

Œil

ich

/itʃ/

Bonjour

bʼix a tʼan

/biʃ a tʼan/

Merci

dios bʼotik

/dios botik/

Un

jun

/hun/

Bon

malobʼ

/malob/

Sources

Mots comparés

Comparé aux langues Mayan apparentées

Sens Maya itzámaya yucatèqueMaya classiqueChontal de TabascoUspantèqueTojolabalChol
Eau jaʼ /haʔ/ jaʼ /haʔ/ haʼ /haʔ/ jaʼ /haʔ/ jaʼ /haʔ/ jaʼ /haʔ/ jaʼ /haʔ/
Feu kʼakʼ /kʼakʼ/ kʼáakʼ /kʼaːkʼ/ kʼahkʼ /kʼahkʼ/ kʼakʼ /kʼakʼ/ qʼaqʼ /qʼaqʼ/ kʼakʼ /kʼakʼ/ kʼajk /kʼahk/
Soleil kʼin /kʼin/ kʼiin /kʼiːn/ kʼin /kʼin/ kʼin /kʼin/ qʼiij /qʼiːh/ kʼakʼu /kʼakʼu/ kʼajn /kʼahn/
Lune uj /uh/ uj /uh/ uh /uh/ ä /æ/ ikʼ /ikʼ/ ixaw /iʃaw/ uw /uw/
Mère naʼ /naʔ/ naʼ /naʔ/ naʼ /naʔ/ naʼ /naʔ/ nan /nan/ nan /nan/ ñaʼ /ɲaʔ/
Père tat /tat/ taata /taːta/ yuum /juːm/ tat /tat/ tat /tat/ tat /tat/ tat /tat/
Manger jant /hant/ jaant /haːnt/ wiʼij /wiʔiχ/ weʼ /weʔ/ waʼ /waʔ/ waʼel /waʔel/ kʼux /kʼuʃ/
Boire ukʼ /ukʼ/ ukʼul /ukʼul/ ukʼ /ukʼ/ ukʼe /ukʼe/ ukʼ /ukʼ/ ukʼ /ukʼ/ ucʼ /utsʼ/
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