Akumal means "place of the turtles" in the Mayan language.

A similar trend can be seen in other Eastern Mayan languages.

Some people say it derives from a Mayan language, but no one really knows.

Mayan languages are spoken by at least 6 million native Maya.

No one had lavished such care on a Mayan language since colonial times.

The word xtabentún means "vines growing on stone" in the Mayan language.

It is now known that both ancient and modern Mayan languages follows specific word orders.

In the Mayan language, toh is the name for the puma.

From the Classic period to the present day, a body of literature has been written in Mayan languages.

This is a unique feature not found in other Mayan languages.