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Fun fact: People descended from these civilizations still exist, broadly called Maya peoples, although they don't really view themselves as a singular group bec
by PuppyTailWags 4y ago
Fun fact: People descended from these civilizations still exist, broadly called Maya peoples, although they don't really view themselves as a singular group because they all have their own cultures/languages/civilizations they came from!
- moloch-hai 4y agoThere is still Nahuatl. Which I imagine has splintered like Latin, but really don't know.
- ithkuil 4y agoThe Nahua people are a distinct ethnical group from the Mayas. The Nahua people were already subdivided into multiple ethnic groups a mllenia ago. Famous examples are the Mexica people (Aztecs) and Toltecs.
- moloch-hai 4y agoI am corrected. Do we have a name for the language family Mayans' descendants speak?
- AlotOfReading 4y agoThe language family is literally called "Mayan". As an aside, the people are Maya without an -n.
- ithkuil 4y agoYes, actual languages in that family are for example Kʼicheʼ, Yucatec, Mopan
- francisofascii 4y agoI wonder if these people have immunity to malaria and other types of rainforest diseases.