Yucatec Maya is a Mayan language spoken by about 800,000 - 1.2 million people in Mexico and Belize. It is spoken mainly in Yucatan in Mexico, and there are also speakers in parts of Campeche, Tabasco, Chiapas, and Quintana Roo states in Mexico, and in northern Belize and Guatemala.
A form of proto-Yucatecan was written with the Mayan script from about the 3rd century BC, and the Yucatec Maya speakers continued to use the script until the 16th century. Recently some Yucatecs have started learning and usign the script once more.
After the Spanish conquest of Yucatan in the 16th century, a version of the Latin alphabet based on Spanish orthography of that time was developed to write Yucatec Maya. A new orthography, which is used in textbooks and offical documents, was developed by linguists of the Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala (ALMG) in 1984. A number of dictionaries in Yucatec Maya have been published, the first of which, by Juan Pio Perez, appeared in 1898.
A number of radio stations in Mexico broadcast programmes in Yucatec Maya.
Tuláakal wíinik ku síijil jáalk'ab yetel keet u tsiikul yetel Najmal Sijnalil, beytun xan na'ata'an sijnalil yetel no'oja'anil u tuukulo', k'a'abet u bisikuba bey láaktzilil yetel tuláakal u baatzile'.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They
are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another
in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Books about Mayan writing, history and culture
Mayan language courses, dictionaries and phrasebooks
Information about Yucatec Maya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucatec_Maya_language
http://www.native-languages.org/maya_guide.htm
A Brief Introduction to Yucatec Maya
http://www.mostlymaya.com/yucatec_maya_intro_.htm
A Basic English - Yucatec Mayan Dictionary
http://www.mostlymaya.com/EnglishMayan.html
Yucatán: Identidad y Cultura Maya
http://www.uady.mx/sitios/mayas/