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Language Comparison: Shan vs Yucatec Maya
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Aspect | Shan | Yucatec Maya |
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Family | Tai-Kadai | Mayan |
Speakers | Approximately 3-4 million | Approximately 800,000 |
Features | A tonal language closely related to Thai and Lao, known for its simpler grammar and extensive use of classifiers | A Mayan language spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula, known for its glottalized consonants and vowel length distinctions. It preserves many features of the ancient Mayan script, though now written in Latin script |
Countries | Myanmar (primarily in Shan State), with smaller communities in Thailand and China | Mexico (Yucatán, Campeche, Quintana Roo), Belize, and northern Guatemala |
Writing System | Shan script (derived from Burmese script) | Latin script |
Tonal | Yes, typically 5-6 tones depending on the dialect | No, but vowel length and stress are phonemic |
Grammatical Cases | No, uses word order and particles | No, but uses a complex system of affixes to convey grammatical relations |
Derived From | Proto-Tai | Classical Mayan, with significant historical continuity from the language of the ancient Maya civilization |
Loanwords | From Burmese, Pali, and Thai | From Spanish, especially in modern contexts |
Dialects | Includes Tai Long, Tai Mao, and Tai Khuen, with variations in pronunciation and vocabulary | Relatively homogeneous, but regional variants exist in pronunciation and vocabulary across the Yucatán Peninsula |
Alphabets | ၵ, ၶ, င, ၸ, ၹ, ၺ, ၻ, ၼ, ၽ, ၾ, ၿ, ႀ, ႁ, ႂ, ႃ, ႄ, ႅ, ႆ, ႇ, ႈ, ႉ, ႊ, ၷ, ႋ | A, B, Ch, D, E, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, S, T, Ts, U, W, X, Y |
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