I believe you are correct about the 30 (not 100% sure on the number) Mayan languages being ancestor of Proto-Maya. Classical Maya belongs to the Ch'ol branch an

I believe you are correct about the 30 (not 100% sure on the number) Mayan languages being ancestor of Proto-Maya. Classical Maya belongs to the Ch'ol branch and is mostly likely a written form of the parent language of Ch'olti' (extinct) and Ch'orti'. Here are some random facts about the Mayan languages and Maya people: Yucatec is the most spoken of the Mayan languages, located in the Yucatan peninsula. Interesting story about Korean immigration to Mexico (Spanish only, some early immigrants ended up in Yucatan and one lady mentions that many learned Yucateco before Spanish because the worked with they Mayas): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmDTrvddD_8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmDTrvddD_8 Popul Wuj is written in K'iche'. Trippy videos about the Popul Wuj: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTeOYNsBHvM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTeOYNsBHvM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDt9rQrGp1I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDt9rQrGp1I Lacondon people managed to escape Spanish control: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nSb36zgGzo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nSb36zgGzo