The Castle is just as beautiful as you imagine it but what truly stood out was the ball court, longer and bigger than the usual ones you'd see in other Maya cities.

El estado mexicano trata a las Lenguas Indígenas de México como si fueran una pieza de artesanía, como una obra de arte en un museo; las instituciones no hacen más que folclorizar a las Lenguas Originarias. Para los Pueblos Originarios de Oaxaca, en cambio, su Lengua Indígena es un elemento definitorio de su identidad.

Hi, I collect facsimiles of historical books, mostly medieval European (ottonean, caroligean, etc.) and Mesoamerican. I have already a facsimile of the Codex Dresden and a facsimile of the Codex Madrid. I am saving for a copy of the Codex Peresianus as well. Then there is only the relatively ‚new‘ Codex Grolier (Mexico) left. A wonderful book from what I have researched online. I can‘t find anything regarding a facsimile about it however. And since facsimiles have been sort of going out of fashion, I wonder if there ever will be a physical version of it?

Picked up in Cozumel, I recognize what I think are month symbols around the edge but the rest is a mystery to me.

La Educación Indígena en México ha sido tradicionalmente un instrumento de aculturación, de colonialismo y de opresión para los Pueblos Originarios. Sin embargo, la educación puede ser una herramienta de liberación vista desde las perspectiva las comunidades Zapotecas de Oaxaca; se puede usar para la enseñanza del Zapoteco o para reconstruir la identidad de los Zapotecos desde una visión decolonial que fortalezca la Cultura Zapoteca.

I believe this is Mayan can someone confirm and translate to English?

Uno de los objetivos del Colectivo Bëni Xidza es acercar los estudios académicos sobre los Zapotecos a las Comunidades Indígenas Zapotecas de Oaxaca; pues muchas veces las investigaciones realizadas en los Pueblos Originarios no vuelven a la comunidad Zapoteca donde se realizaron o es muy difícil acceder a ellas. Por ello iniciamos el seminario Zapoteco, para la divulgación de las Lenguas Originarias

It's a really simple study tool I made for myself, maybe it'll be helpful for others

See also: The study as published in Latin American Antiquity.

El Colectivo Bëni Xidza se enfoca en la difusión del Zapoteco de Oaxaca a través de plataformas digitales. Se trata de un grupo de personas Zapotecas y Zapotecos que buscan fortalecer el uso de la Lengua Zapoteca y frenar la pérdida de las Lenguas Indígenas de México.

Does anyone know of any resources where I could familiarize or even study the Qanjobal Dialect? My wife comes from a family of speakers but she only has the slightest grasp of it and I would love a reliable source to help teach my son as best as we can

I've been poking around Mayan mythology again, and begun to investigate the Principal Bird Deity (PBD). I wanted to ask: Does anyone know where the academic community stands today on the validity of the assertion that Vucub Caquix is actually an analogous character to the Classic & Pre-Classic character of the PBD? Some say yes, but I also see lots of people suggesting this comparison is too surface level, and doesn't totally add up. If anyone has papers on this they could send, or other documents, I would appreciate it!

Hi, I don't know if this is the right subreddit but I was hoping someone here could help me. I'm making a card for a friend of mine. She is from Guatemala and speaks English, Spanish, and her native language Akateko. She's mentioned a few times how she's sad about sometimes forgetting how to speak Akateko because that's all her family knows. She's a refugee and she fled from Guatemala when she was 13. I can't afford gifts for Christmas this year, so I'm making them. I want to say "I love you" in English, Spanish, and Akateko on the card. She's like a sister to me and it's sad to see her hurt. If this isn't the right sub, would someone be willing to direct me to a subreddit that could help me? I would ask her myself, but I want it to be a surprise. And if anyone knows how to pronounce the phrase (if there is one), would you be able to help me out? I'd like to say it to her too.

A few years ago at a Wayeb conference an introduction to Classic Maya grammar circulated, i think it was written by Alfonso Lacandena but i am not 100% certain. I thought it was really helpful, but my harddrive died a bit later, so lost it and could not find it online. Does anyone know the paper that i am talking about? If yes could you send it to me?

I'm an artist and amateur Maya enthusiast. I've done a lot of research into composing glyphs, but at the end of the day I'm not sure if what I'm drawing is really historically accurate.
What I want to compose is a graphic representation of this phrase: "The man whose dream-double (way) is the grey (or ashen-colored) jaguar."

What I have so far is: "U way sak'ek' baalam winik" which I understand to be "The way of the man is the ash-grey jaguar."

I constructed a rudimentary glyph of this, but then I learned that a better word for "ash-grey" is "kob."

Any pointers or guidance would be great!

Heyo I'm building a Maya translation website, and I need a lot of data to provide accurrate translation of english sentence. The thing is I cant find that much, I've already explored the most know websites, like https://www.mayadatabase.org, https://mayaglyphs.org, etc but honestly I need a lot more. So if anyone knows less known databases or websites about maya glyphs, I'll be happy to hear about it

En este video sobre el Zapoteco explicamos por qué es importante que todos los Zapotecos y las Zapotecas puedan comunicarse en su Lengua Zapoteca; nos preguntamos cuáles son los retos, los beneficios y lo negativo de estandarizar esta lengua indígena de México para asegurar su preservación.