Editing Maya script (section)

=== Verbal inflections ===

Despite depending on consonants which were frequently not written, the Mayan [[grammatical voice|voice]] system was reliably indicated. For instance, the paradigm for a transitive verb with a CVC root is as follows:{{sfn|Kettunen|Helmke|2020|p=66}}

{|class="wikitable"
|+Verbal inflections in Mayan writing
!scope="col"| Voice
!scope="col"| Transliteration
!scope="col"| Transcription
!scope="col"| Gloss
|-
!scope="row"| [[Active voice|Active]]
| u-{{sc|tzutz}}-wa
| ''utzutzuw''
| "(s)he finished it"
|-
!scope="row"| [[Passive voice|Passive]]
| {{sc|tzutz}}-tza-ja
| ''tzu[h]tzaj''
| "it was finished"
|-
!scope="row"| [[Mediopassive]]
| {{sc|tzutz}}-yi
| ''tzutzuy''
| "it got finished"
|-
!scope="row"| [[Antipassive]]
| {{sc|tzutz}}-wi
| ''tzutzuw''
| "(s)he finished"
|-
!scope="row"| [[Participial]]
| {{sc|tzutz}}-li
| ''tzutzul''
| "finished"
|}
The active suffix did not participate in the harmonic/disharmonic system seen in roots, but rather was always ''-wa''.

However, the language changed over 1500 years, and there were dialectal differences as well, which are reflected in the script, as seen next for the verb "(s)he sat" ({{angle bracket|h}} is an [[infix]] in the root ''chum'' for the [[passive voice]]):{{sfn|Kettunen|Helmke|2020|p=72}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Change in passive voice for ''chum''
!scope="col"| Period
!scope="col"| Transliteration
!scope="col"| Transcription
|-
!scope="row"| Late Preclassic
| {{sc|chum}}?
| ''chu[h]m''?
|-
!scope="row"| Early Classic
| {{sc|chum}}-ja
| ''chu[h]m-aj''
|-
!scope="row"| Classic (Eastern Chʼolan)
| {{sc|chum}}[mu]la-ja
| ''chum-l-aj''
|-
!scope="row"| Late Classic (Western Chʼolan)
| {{sc|chum}}[mu]wa-ni
| ''chum-waan''
|}