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Yucatec Maya Sign Language

sign language used by Mayan communities in Mexico and Guatemala
Intangible sign_language Q34281
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Yucatec Maya Sign Language

Summary

Yucatec Maya Sign Language is a sign language[1]. It draws 70 Wikipedia views per month (sign_language category, ranking #39 of 163).[2]

Key Facts

  • Yucatec Maya Sign Language is in the country of Mexico[3].
  • Yucatec Maya Sign Language's instance of is recorded as sign language[4].
  • Yucatec Maya Sign Language's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Yucatec Maya Sign Language is a type of village sign language[6].
  • Yucatec Maya Sign Language's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Yucatec Maya Sign Language[7].
  • Yucatec Maya Sign Language's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'LSMY'}[8].
  • Yucatec Maya Sign Language's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'YMSL'}[9].
  • Yucatec Maya Sign Language's indigenous to is recorded as Quintana Roo[10].
  • Yucatec Maya Sign Language's indigenous to is recorded as Yucatán[11].
  • Yucatec Maya Sign Language's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/MSD[12].
  • Yucatec Maya Sign Language's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-213124017[13].
  • Yucatec Maya Sign Language's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-335449972[14].
  • Yucatec Maya Sign Language's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 6a Vigorous[15].
  • Yucatec Maya Sign Language's linguistic typology is recorded as language isolate[16].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include sign language[4] and modern language[5]. Yucatec Maya Sign Language is a type of village sign language[6].

Why It Matters

Yucatec Maya Sign Language draws 70 Wikipedia views per month (sign_language category, ranking #39 of 163).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Mexico

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . ymslproject.org. Retrieved . ymslproject.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . ymslproject.org. Retrieved . ymslproject.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Profesorul Blazat · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Indigenous to → Quintana Roo, Yucatán
    Linguistic typology → language isolate
    Ethnologue language status → 6a Vigorous
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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