Jorge et al. 01 Greetings in Yucatec Maya  

I was adopted in 1974 in El Salvador by two very wonderful Caucasian people and brought to the United States. From a very early age I was told that I was of Mayan decent. I recently took a DNA test, and it revealed that I am in fact 99.9% Mayan. I am ver proud of my ancestry, and want to learn as much as possible. In all of my 48 years alive, I’ve only met one other Mayan in my life.

It's enlightening for us Americans to learn about languages like this. We tend to think Mexico = Spanish and only Spanish.

I am a Spanish teacher, and you are a wonderful teacher!

Thank you for making these videos... I really want to learn Maya as a third language. My first language is Spanish and my second language is English. My ancestors are Mayan and I would really like to learn our native language. I really enjoy learning about other cultures and their language. I am taking an anthropology class and it made me realize the importance of learning different languages. I am aiming to become a polyglot one day.

I am Filipino but I spent some time with the local Yucatán Mayan Villages in Mexico. It was the most amazing experience of my life. Both of our peoples came from indigenous tribes colonized by Spain. Most interestingly, I found that despite being half a world away, some Filipino dialects can translate into Yucatán Maya. The people there saw me as one of them and funnily enough, when I first met them and told them I was from a different country far from north and South America they just thought I was from the other village down the road from them. I shared with them my peoples’ culture and history and they shared with me theirs.

Thank you, im learning to speak Mayan to talk with my family members and some foreign friends

Gracias Jorge. Saludos desde Oxnard, California.

You are doing a great service to Mayan culture! And a greater one for the people of Earth (KI in ancient sumerian), who look everywhere for ancient knowledge and history.

Thank you, George! This language is beautiful to hear! I am a native English speaker who learned Spanish a long time ago, and I have been in love with learning languages ever since. The Maya language seems so interesting and rich - just like all native languages of Mexico. Niib oolal !

Aye thank you for explaining this to me, I'm dominican and work around alot of this and wish I could communicate

Thank you so much for taking the time to do this for those of us who want to connect with our ancestry 🤲🏾 I salute you 🫡

I’m almost 100% Maya and I know nothing of Spanish and maya since I was adopted…just saying these words and seeing how they flow off my tongue and how it’s hard to pronunciate English words; drops my jaw almost of how easy it is to say all these words and pick them up…

I've been trying to learn Maya atan. My great grandma was Yucatec Maya. My great great grandparents were from Merida. While talking to my family in Mexico, I've been motivated to learn Maya. My abuelita didn't teach my mom and tíos, also the fact that they all went to Catholic school. Now with my kids I am determined to learn and teach them to keep our family heritage alive.

I'm so glad I found your channel! I have been looking for resources on Yucatec Maya for a long time, and your playlist has so much amazing work in it! I've been wanting to learn this language and get back in touch with my heritage, I can't wait to officially get started. Thank you for putting so much effort in teaching and sharing this beautiful language.

maravilloso video, me encantaría aprender maya algún día y esto me es muy útil. Gracias por hacer estos videos.

Please do not stop doing videos teaching mayan 🙏

This was amazing

Muchas gracias exelente forma de enseñar n me ayuda mucho Le posies guitar la musica a Los videos para enfocarse mejor Gracias

This is such a beautiful language! Thank you so much for sharing this.

I wished I learn this before I went to Chichen Itza and Tikal!

Thank you so much, Jorge. I am blessed to have retired here from the US between Tulum and Coba. Many of my friends and workers here are Yucatec Mayan. Many are Mexicano. I speak enough Spanish to survive but I am much more interested in learning everything I can about Mayan history, culture, language, artifacts, art, greetings, farewells, or specific compliments. for me to learn and practice. Beliefs about health and healing are also fascinating to me as a retired nurse. I have been to Bolivia on a medical mission yrs ago and blessed to spend time among the Quechua Mayans. Please keep teaching as you are a natural and your deep respect and love for your heritage is beautiful! ❤

I’m a new student starting with this video and I was wondering if there will be in the upcoming videos, a lesson on how to properly perform glottal stops especially the k’??

These are awesome!

I have been invited to a Mayan class by a discord friend, and I had zero knowledge about it because, in the Philippines, the Mayan language is almost not known to everyone. Currently, I am still a beginner in Mayan

A todos los que comentan, a ver si no juntamos (por zoom) a conversar y practicar nuestro Yucatec Maya. Seria unas dos veces por semana. En la tardecita despues del trabajo y de comer...! Seria fabuloso!

Can you do a video on pronunciation of the alphabet? Thank you in advance, love from Phoenix, Arizona!

Such s beautiful language. I will memorize these. Thank you.

My great great grandfather was a Mayan Chief and my great grandma even has a picture of him so she has been teaching me how to speak Mayan and one way to say chocolate is chocolhaa

Greetings from Belize: learn a lot today tnx very much, hope you make more videos

Jorge how would you recommend learning the language thru your videos? Should I stick to 6 or 7 videos to learn in n out for a week before moving on to the next or try to take it all in at once?

Great teaching, thank you

Thank you for sharing! I’m really passionate about language preservation, so I want to support people who do so as best as I can

Hello I just subscribed. And I'm very eger to learn but I'm having a little difficulty with the pronunciation of the words. Could do video on how to pronounciation?

Rise Talokan!

Hola desde 🇺🇸, i love learning languages. Hablo inglés, Spanish y japonés. Saludos 😊

Jach taj ma'alob meyaj, Jorge.

Finally, I can be one with my ancestors and speak as they do

Are there universities that offer a course on this language? There or anywhere else? Reccomend a good audiobook in the language or a book written in the laguage? Are there authors?

Am from South Africa 🇿🇦🇿🇦... Am just very much interested in learning and being able to speak Yucatec Maya ❤. I can say your tutorials are really helping ❤

Hi there is something pulling me to the Mayans and their culture. When I turned 60 yrs. I started looking at things from the past. I'm 98% Irish and 3%france 3%German my people were the celts and I descended from them. I would love to learn about my ancestors as well as yours. Please can you provide the alphabet of the language. Love your videos.

Hello! I noticed that you put the accent in k’íin for the first two and for the next two you didn’t for k’iin, I was wondering if that was intentional and what that signifies?

I love your accent

Dios bo’otik

Where can find a accurate or academic source for Mayan glyphs and writing system

¿Qué ciudad de Yucatán habla más maya?

do you think "maya for travelers and students" by gary bevington is accurate? Language wise, and culture wise?

Cuando lo pronuncio en yucateco, como que me sale mejor. jajaja

How do you say vulture

Can Yucatec Maya and Guatemalan maya is the same lingo???

Claim your ticket here if you came after watching Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 🙋‍♀️

Learned some today at Pacchen 😻😻😻

Do you still teach?

I’m mayan but my parents don’t rlly have time to teach me mayan !! so I’m trying to learn on my own❕

Why​ do​ you​ put​ Chinese​ character​s​ on​ Mayan​ Character​s?

Interesting language, but I don’t think that I could ever master all the rules 😢

Who came here after watching Wakana Forever!!?

Great channel however this last comment stated they had Caucasian parents. Did you verify that they are from the Caucus mountains only they are true caucasians

I want to be able to count in Maya ❤

Anyone here after playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider and is interested in learning Yucatec Maya as spoken by the Paititians?

Yosbotik

It sounds a bit Thai