Did you know over one million people speak mayan in mexico?

languages in mexico with more than 100,000 speakers

Wikipedia has a lot about Mayan people and mayan language.  About six million people speak mayan in guatemala, belize, honduras and mexico. I had no idea!

And there are different dialects -- there are 8 different types of mayan dialects in mexico. (What I didn't know either is there are 68 indigenous languages -- indian-- in mexico. 6% of the population speak one).

There are two different branches of Mayan in the Yucatan. One is called Yucatec maya (but researchers call it that, not the people themselves) and the other is Lancandón (from the Lancandón jungle in the Chiapas.

Jorge one of my friends is from the Chiapas. We'll have to ask him about that. We aren't going to the Chiapas...we'll have to do it on another trip.

The people in guatamala speak another kind of mayan. I wonder how different they are from each other.

This man does a pretty good job at making it simple to learn mayan. i think it is cool how he puts the words up. Below is another video where he is talking with some mayans.