Editing Yucatec Maya language (section)

{{Short description|Mayan language spoken in Mexico and Belize}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Yucatec Maya
| nativename       = {{lang|yua|mayaʼ tʼaan}}<br>{{lang|yua|maayaʼ tʼaan}}
| states           = [[Mexico]], [[Belize]]
| region           = [[Yucatán (state)|Yucatán]], [[Quintana Roo]], [[Campeche]]
| ethnicity        = [[Yucatec Maya people|Yucatec Mayas]]
| speakers         = {{sigfig|802,520|2}} including 775,000 in Mexico
| date             = 2020 census
| ref              = e25
| familycolor      = Mayan
| fam1             = [[Mayan languages|Mayan]]
| fam2             = [[Yucatecan languages|Yucatecan]]
| fam3             = Yucatec–Lacandon
| nation           = [[Mexico]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sep.gob.mx/work/resources/LocalContent/62817/12/ley_gen_derechos_ling_indigenas_2.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208095913/http://www.sep.gob.mx/work/resources/LocalContent/62817/12/ley_gen_derechos_ling_indigenas_2.htm|url-status=dead|title=Ley General de Derechos Lingüisticos Indígenas|archive-date=February 8, 2007}}</ref>
| minority         = 
| agency           = [[Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas|INALI]]
| iso3             = yua
| glotto           = yuca1254
| glottorefname    = Yucatec Maya
| notice           = IPA
| map              = Yucatec_map.svg
| mapcaption       = Location of Yucatec Mayan speaking areas on the [[Yucatan Peninsula]]
| pronunciation    = {{IPA|[màːjaʔˈtʼàːn]}}
| image            = Dresden_codex,_page_2.jpg
| imagecaption     = Yucatec Maya text in the ''[[Dresden Codex]]''
}}

[[File:WIKITONGUES- Manuel speaking Yucatecan.webm|thumb|A Yucatec Maya speaker singing with a guitar.]]

'''Yucatec Maya''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|j|uː|k|ə|t|ɛ|k|_|ˈ|m|aɪ|ə}} {{respell|YOO|kə|tek|_|MY|ə}}; referred to by its speakers as {{lang|yua|mayaʼ}} or {{lang|yua|maayaʼ t’aan}} {{IPA|yua|màːjaʔˈtʼàːn||Maaya-t aan.ogg}}) is a [[Mayan languages|Mayan language]] spoken in the [[Yucatán Peninsula]], including part of northern [[Belize]]. There is also a significant diasporic community of Yucatec Maya speakers in [[San Francisco]], though most [[Maya Americans]] are speakers of other Mayan languages from [[Guatemala]] and [[Chiapas]].<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-mayan-indigenous-languages-20160725-snap-story.html Ancient Mayan languages are creating problems for today's immigration courts – LA Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>