Classic Maya (or properly Classical Chʼoltiʼ) is the oldest historically attested member of the Mayan language family. It is the main language documented...

In archaeology, the classic Maya collapse was the destabilization of Classic Maya civilization and the violent collapse and abandonment of many southern...

most names are either Yucatec or Kʼicheʼ. The Classic Period names (belonging to the Classic Maya language) are only rarely known with certainty. Alphabetical...

Chʼortiʼ is a direct descendant of the Classic Maya language in which many of the pre-Columbian inscriptions using the Maya script were written. Chʼortiʼ is...

era to form over 30 languages that have survived into modern times. The language of almost all Classic Maya texts over the entire Maya area has been identified...

time, and both are commonly referred to as "Classic Maya language". Although a single prestige language was by far the most frequently recorded on extant...

common ancestor of the 30 living Mayan languages, as well as the Classic Maya language documented in the Maya inscriptions. While there has been some...

Classic Maya art, is mentioned in Classic period glyph texts and has been verified archaeologically by analysis of skeletal remains from the Classic and...

other classic texts were written by scribes—usually members of the Maya priesthood—in Classic Maya, a literary form of the extinct Chʼoltiʼ language. It...

distinct life, often speaking one of the Mayan languages as a primary language. One of the largest groups of Maya live in the Yucatan Peninsula, which includes...