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Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Maya" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7" title="حضارة المايا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="حضارة المايا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultura_maya" title="Cultura maya – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Cultura maya" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82_%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%B2%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%AF%D6%80%D5%A9%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%AB%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%A8" title="Մայաներու քաղաքակրթութիւնը – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Մայաներու քաղաքակրթութիւնը" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE" title="মায়া সভ্যতা – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="মায়া সভ্যতা" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilizaci%C3%B3n_maya" title="Civilización maya – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Civilización maya" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majaku%C3%A9ra" title="Majakuéra – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Majakuéra" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayya_sivilizasiyas%C4%B1" title="Mayya sivilizasiyası – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Mayya sivilizasiyası" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="ماییا مدنیتی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ماییا مدنیتی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE" title="মায়া সভ্যতা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মায়া সভ্যতা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_b%C3%BBn-b%C3%AAng" title="Maya bûn-bêng – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Maya bûn-bêng" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%8F_(%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Майя (цивилизация) – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Майя (цивилизация)" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D1%8B%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%8F" title="Цывілізацыя мая – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Цывілізацыя мая" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%8F" title="Мая – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Мая" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5" title="Цивилизация на маите – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Цивилизация на маите" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya-Klassik" title="Maya-Klassik – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Maya-Klassik" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%82%E0%BD%93%E0%BD%A0%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BD%96%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%98%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A1%E0%BC%8D" title="གནའ་རབས་མ་ཡ། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="གནའ་རབས་མ་ཡ།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maje" title="Maje – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Maje" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevenadurezh_vaya" title="Sevenadurezh vaya – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Sevenadurezh vaya" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%91%D0%BB" title="Майя соёл – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Майя соёл" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilitzaci%C3%B3_maia" title="Civilització maia – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Civilització maia" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maysk%C3%A1_civilizace" title="Mayská civilizace – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Mayská civilizace" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwareiddiad_y_Maya" title="Gwareiddiad y Maya – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Gwareiddiad y Maya" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya" title="Maya – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Maya" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya-Zivilisation" title="Maya-Zivilisation – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Maya-Zivilisation" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiade_tsivilisatsioon" title="Maiade tsivilisatsioon – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Maiade tsivilisatsioon" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%9C%CE%AC%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%B1" title="Πολιτισμός των Μάγια – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Πολιτισμός των Μάγια" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_civilization" title="Maya civilization – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Maya civilization" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultura_maya" title="Cultura maya – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cultura maya" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majaoj" title="Majaoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Majaoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maien_zibilizazioa" title="Maien zibilizazioa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Maien zibilizazioa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="تمدن مایا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تمدن مایا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_sabhyata" title="Maya sabhyata – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Maya sabhyata" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayar%C3%ADki%C3%B0" title="Mayaríkið – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Mayaríkið" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilisation_maya" title="Civilisation maya – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Civilisation maya" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na_M%C3%A1ighigh" title="Na Máighigh – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Na Máighigh" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%ACobhaltas_nam_Maya" title="Sìobhaltas nam Maya – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Sìobhaltas nam Maya" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilizaci%C3%B3n_maia" title="Civilización maia – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Civilización maia" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A4%D9%86" title="مايا تمدؤن – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="مايا تمدؤن" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EC%95%BC_%EB%AC%B8%EB%AA%85" title="마야 문명 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="마야 문명" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB_%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%B2%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%AF%D6%80%D5%A9%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Մայաների քաղաքակրթություն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մայաների քաղաքակրթություն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE" title="माया सभ्यता – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="माया सभ्यता" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Indijanci" title="Maya Indijanci – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Maya Indijanci" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya" title="Maya – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Maya" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peradaban_Maya" title="Peradaban Maya – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Peradaban Maya" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilisation_Maya" title="Civilisation Maya – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Civilisation Maya" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majaveldi%C3%B0" title="Majaveldið – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Majaveldið" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya" title="Maya – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Maya" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%99%D7%94" title="מאיה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מאיה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya" title="Maya – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="Maya" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%BE_%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%86" title="ಮಾಯಾ ನಾಗರಿಕತೆ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಮಾಯಾ ನಾಗರಿಕತೆ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%96%E1%83%90%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="მაიას ცივილიზაცია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მაიას ცივილიზაცია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%8F_%D3%A9%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%96" title="Майя өркениеті – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Майя өркениеті" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya" title="Maya – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Maya" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya" title="Maya – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Maya" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayas" title="Mayas – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Mayas" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultura_Mayana" title="Cultura Mayana – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Cultura Mayana" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiju_civiliz%C4%81cija" title="Maiju civilizācija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Maiju civilizācija" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majai" title="Majai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Majai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maia_(sivilia)" title="Maia (sivilia) – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Maia (sivilia)" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maja_civiliz%C3%A1ci%C3%B3" title="Maja civilizáció – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Maja civilizáció" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Мајанска цивилизација – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Мајанска цивилизација" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivilizasi%C3%B4na_maia" title="Sivilizasiôna maia – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Sivilizasiôna maia" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82" title="മായൻ സംസ്കാരം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="മായൻ സംസ്കാരം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maja" title="Maja – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Maja" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80" title="माया संस्कृती – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="माया संस्कृती" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%96%E1%83%90%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="მაიაშ ცივილიზაცია – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="მაიაშ ცივილიზაცია" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="مایا – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="مایا" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamadun_Maya" title="Tamadun Maya – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Tamadun Maya" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_%C3%B9ng-m%C3%ACng" title="Maya ùng-mìng – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Maya ùng-mìng" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mwl mw-list-item"><a href="https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebeliza%C3%A7on_maia" title="Cebelizaçon maia – Mirandese" lang="mwl" hreflang="mwl" data-title="Cebelizaçon maia" data-language-autonym="Mirandés" data-language-local-name="Mirandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Mirandés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%8F%D0%B0" title="Маяа – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Маяа" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%99%E1%80%AC%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC_%E1%80%9A%E1%80%89%E1%80%BA%E1%80%80%E1%80%BB%E1%80%B1%E1%80%B8%E1%80%99%E1%80%BE%E1%80%AF_%E1%80%9C%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%80" title="မာယာ ယဉ်ကျေးမှု လောက – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="မာယာ ယဉ်ကျေးမှု လောက" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayacultuur" title="Mayacultuur – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Mayacultuur" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olde_maja-beskaving" title="Olde maja-beskaving – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Olde maja-beskaving" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE" title="माया लहना – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="माया लहना" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%A4%E6%96%87%E6%98%8E" title="マヤ文明 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="マヤ文明" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%8F_(%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8)" title="Майя (цивилизаци) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Майя (цивилизаци)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya" title="Maya – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Maya" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayakulturen" title="Mayakulturen – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Mayakulturen" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayaer" title="Mayaer – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Mayaer" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilizacion_maia" title="Civilizacion maia – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Civilizacion maia" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AE%E0%AC%BE%E0%AD%9F%E0%AC%BE_%E0%AC%B8%E0%AC%AD%E0%AD%8D%E0%AD%9F%E0%AC%A4%E0%AC%BE" title="ମାୟା ସଭ୍ୟତା – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ମାୟା ସଭ୍ୟତା" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_sivilizatsiyasi" title="Maya sivilizatsiyasi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Maya sivilizatsiyasi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%86_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%AD%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE" title="ਮਾਇਆ ਸੱਭਿਅਤਾ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਮਾਇਆ ਸੱਭਿਅਤਾ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%B1%DB%81%D8%AA%D9%84" title="مایا رہتل – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="مایا رہتل" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_(Indianers)" title="Maya (Indianers) – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Maya (Indianers)" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cywilizacja_Maj%C3%B3w" title="Cywilizacja Majów – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Cywilizacja Majów" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civiliza%C3%A7%C3%A3o_maia" title="Civilização maia – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Civilização maia" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_tsivilizatsiyas%C4%B1" title="Maya tsivilizatsiyası – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Maya tsivilizatsiyası" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civiliza%C8%9Bia_maya%C8%99%C4%83" title="Civilizația mayașă – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Civilizația mayașă" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_hawaykawsay" title="Maya hawaykawsay – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Maya hawaykawsay" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%8F_(%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Майя (цивилизация) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Майя (цивилизация)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tziviltade_Maya" title="Tziviltade Maya – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Tziviltade Maya" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_ceevilisation" title="Maya ceevilisation – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Maya ceevilisation" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya" title="Maya – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Maya" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qytet%C3%ABrimi_Maja" title="Qytetërimi Maja – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Qytetërimi Maja" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F_%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%82%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A7%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%A0%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%BA" title="මායා ශිෂ්ටාචාරය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="මායා ශිෂ්ටාචාරය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maysk%C3%A1_civiliz%C3%A1cia" title="Mayská civilizácia – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Mayská civilizácia" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maji" title="Maji – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Maji" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%DB%95%D8%AA%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="شارستانیەتیی مایا – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="شارستانیەتیی مایا" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Цивилизација Маја – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Цивилизација Маја" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya" title="Maya – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Maya" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peradaban_Maya" title="Peradaban Maya – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Peradaban Maya" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayojen_korkeakulttuuri" title="Mayojen korkeakulttuuri – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Mayojen korkeakulttuuri" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayakulturen" title="Mayakulturen – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Mayakulturen" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabihasnang_Maya" title="Kabihasnang Maya – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Kabihasnang Maya" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="மாயா நாகரிகம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="மாயா நாகரிகம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%8F_(%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Майя (цивилизация) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Майя (цивилизация)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a 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data-title="Мая (цивілізація)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%AA%DB%81%D8%B0%DB%8C%D8%A8" title="مایا تہذیب – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="مایا تہذیب" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya" title="Maya – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Maya" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%83n_minh_Maya" title="Văn minh Maya – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" 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civilization</a>)</span></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p><br /> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maya-Maske.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Maya-Maske.jpg/250px-Maya-Maske.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Maya-Maske.jpg/375px-Maya-Maske.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Maya-Maske.jpg/500px-Maya-Maske.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption> Maya mask. <a href="/wiki/Stucco" title="Stucco">Stucco</a> <a href="/wiki/Frieze" title="Frieze">frieze</a> from aceres, <a href="/wiki/Campeche" title="Campeche">Campeche</a>. Early Classic period ~250–600 AD</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mayamap.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Mayamap.png/250px-Mayamap.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Mayamap.png/375px-Mayamap.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Mayamap.png/500px-Mayamap.png 2x" data-file-width="1074" data-file-height="789" /></a><figcaption>Where the Maya civilization lived (inside the red lines) compared to where other <a href="/wiki/Mesoamerica" title="Mesoamerica">Mesoamerican</a> people (inside the lines) in the years 250–900 AD</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Maya civilization</b> and Mayan religion. They lived there for a long time and some of the Maya people live there even today. </p><p>The Mayans lived there 4,000 years ago (about 2000 <a href="/wiki/BC" class="mw-redirect" title="BC">BC</a>). At that date complex societies were living in the Mayan region. The <a href="/wiki/Staple_food" title="Staple food">staple foods</a> of the Maya diet were cultivated. Their food included <a href="/wiki/Maize" title="Maize">maize</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beans" class="mw-redirect" title="Beans">beans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Squash" class="mw-disambig" title="Squash">squashes</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chili_pepper" title="Chili pepper">chili peppers</a>. The first Maya cities developed around 750 <a href="/wiki/BC" class="mw-redirect" title="BC">BC</a>. </p><p>The Mayan people used a written language and a <a href="/wiki/Numeral_system" title="Numeral system">numeral system</a>. They were good at <a href="/wiki/Art" title="Art">art</a>, <a href="/wiki/Architecture" title="Architecture">building</a>, and their priests studied stars and <a href="/wiki/Planet" title="Planet">planets</a>, which helped them make <a href="/wiki/Maya_calendar" title="Maya calendar">calendars</a>. </p><p>The Mayan civilisation was biggest between the years of 420 <a href="/wiki/AD" class="mw-redirect" title="AD">AD</a> and 900 <a href="/wiki/AD" class="mw-redirect" title="AD">AD</a>. The Mayan civilisation spread all the way from central <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> to <a href="/wiki/Honduras" title="Honduras">Honduras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemala</a>, and northern <a href="/wiki/El_Salvador" title="El Salvador">El Salvador</a>. It is estimated that at its maximum, the civilization had at least ten million people.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Maya people traded with other people in the Americas. Their art and buildings have many different styles. This shows they traded a lot. They made changes to their buildings to make them even better. The Maya civilization started getting smaller after 900 AD. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Conquistador" title="Conquistador">Conquistadors</a> arrived in the 15th century and took over <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> and later <a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central America</a>, even in the Mayann areas. However, the <a href="/wiki/Maya_people" title="Maya people">Maya people</a> still live there today. They live in the same areas the Mayan civilization used to live in. They keep the old Mayan traditions and beliefs. There are many Mayan languages still spoken today, including one called the Achi language. A play called <i>Rabinal Achi</i> is considered important. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location">Location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayan_civilization&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Location" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayan_civilization&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Location"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The people of the Maya civilization lived in three different areas: the southern Maya highlands, the central lowlands, and the northern lowlands. They had many different types of land, including mountains and dry plains. People living in the low plains by the sea were affected by <a href="/wiki/Hurricane" title="Hurricane">hurricanes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tropical_storm" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical storm">tropical storms</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a>. </p><p>The area covered what we now call the southern Mexican states of <a href="/wiki/Chiapas" title="Chiapas">Chiapas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tabasco_(state)" title="Tabasco (state)">Tabasco</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Yucat%C3%A1n_Peninsula" title="Yucatán Peninsula">Yucatán Peninsula</a> states of <a href="/wiki/Quintana_Roo" title="Quintana Roo">Quintana Roo</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Campeche_state&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Campeche state (not yet started)">Campeche</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yucat%C3%A1n" class="mw-disambig" title="Yucatán">Yucatán</a>. They also included where we now call Guatemala, <a href="/wiki/Belize" title="Belize">Belize</a>, El Salvador and western Honduras. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayan_civilization&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: History" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayan_civilization&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: History"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_pre-classical_period">The pre-classical period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayan_civilization&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: The pre-classical period" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayan_civilization&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: The pre-classical period"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first Maya settlements started about 1800 BC. They lived in the <a href="/wiki/Soconusco" title="Soconusco">Soconusco region</a>, now the state of Chiapas in Mexico, on the <a href="/wiki/Pacific" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific">Pacific Ocean</a>. This is called the "early pre-classic period" in Mayan history'.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> People in Central America had been nomads who went from place to place to find food and shelter. Around this time they began to settle down.They started to farm animals and make <a href="/wiki/Pottery" title="Pottery">pottery</a> and small <a href="/wiki/Clay" title="Clay">clay</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Figurine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Figurine (not yet started)">figures</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They buried their dead in simple <a href="/wiki/Tumulus" title="Tumulus">burial mounds</a>. Later they started to make these mounds into <a href="/wiki/Step_pyramid" title="Step pyramid">step pyramids</a>. </p><p>There were other people around at the time, especially in the north. The <a href="/wiki/Olmec" title="Olmec">Olmec</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Mixe-Zoque" class="mw-redirect" title="Mixe-Zoque">Mixe-Zoque</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Zapotec_civilization" class="mw-redirect" title="Zapotec civilization">Zapotec civilizations</a> mostly lived in the area we now call <a href="/wiki/Oaxaca" title="Oaxaca">Oaxaca</a>. We don't know exactly where the borders of the Maya civilization were. Many of the most important early examples of writing and buildings appeared in north, so these cultures probably affected the Maya civilization.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_classical_period">The classical period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayan_civilization&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: The classical period" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayan_civilization&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: The classical period"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Palenque_Ruins.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Palenque_Ruins.jpg/350px-Palenque_Ruins.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Palenque_Ruins.jpg/525px-Palenque_Ruins.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Palenque_Ruins.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The ruins of Palenque</figcaption></figure> <p>From about 250 to 909, the Maya civilization built many monuments and cities, and made many important carvings. The "southern lowlands" were an important place at the time. The Maya civilization made many discoveries about art and thinking there.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Like <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Ancient Greece</a>, their civilization was made up of numerous <a href="/w/index.php?title=City-states&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="City-states (not yet started)">cities</a>, which all worked in different ways. People gathered around these cities to farm. Well-known cities were <a href="/wiki/Tikal" title="Tikal">Tikal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palenque" title="Palenque">Palenque</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cop%C3%A1n" title="Copán">Copán</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Calakmul&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Calakmul (not yet started)">Calakmul</a>. Lesser-known cities were <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dos_Pilas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dos Pilas (not yet started)">Dos Pilas</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Uaxactun&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Uaxactun (not yet started)">Uaxactun</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Altun_Ha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Altun Ha (not yet started)">Altun Ha</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bonampak&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bonampak (not yet started)">Bonampak</a>, among others. In general, we know more about where the cities were in the south than we do in the north. Some northern cities we do know about were <a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxkintok&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oxkintok (not yet started)">Oxkintok</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chunchucmil&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chunchucmil (not yet started)">Chunchucmil</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Uxmal" title="Uxmal">Uxmal</a>. </p><p>Their most famous monuments are the <a href="/wiki/Pyramid" title="Pyramid">pyramids</a> they built as part of their <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religious</a> centers, and the <a href="/wiki/Palace" title="Palace">palaces</a>. The palace at <a href="/wiki/Cancu%C3%A9n" title="Cancuén">Cancuén</a> is the largest we know about in the Maya area. The Maya also made carved stone <a href="/wiki/Stele" title="Stele">slabs</a> which they called <i>tetun</i>, or "tree-stones". These slabs show rulers along with <a href="/wiki/Hieroglyph" title="Hieroglyph">hieroglyphic</a> writing describing their <a href="/wiki/Genealogy" title="Genealogy">family</a>, military victories, and other things that they did well.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trade_with_other_civilizations">Trade with other civilizations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayan_civilization&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: Trade with other civilizations" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayan_civilization&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Trade with other civilizations"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Maya had trade routes that ran over long distances. They traded with many other <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mesoamerican&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mesoamerican (not yet started)">Mesoamerican</a> cultures, such as <a href="/wiki/Teotihuacan" class="mw-redirect" title="Teotihuacan">Teotihuacan</a>, the Zapotec, and other groups in central and gulf-coast Mexico. They also traded with groups that were farther away. For example, people who study the Maya civilization found gold from <a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Sacred_Cenote" title="Sacred Cenote">Sacred well</a> at <a href="/wiki/Chichen_Itza" title="Chichen Itza">Chichen Itza</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some important things they traded were <a href="/wiki/Cacao" class="mw-redirect" title="Cacao">cacao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salt" title="Salt">salt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Animal_shell" class="mw-redirect" title="Animal shell">sea shells</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jade" title="Jade">jade</a> and <a href="/wiki/Obsidian" title="Obsidian">obsidian</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sudden_collapse">Sudden collapse</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayan_civilization&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Change section: Sudden collapse" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayan_civilization&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Sudden collapse"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Between 900 AD and 1000 AD, the cities in the southern lowlands had more and more problems until all the people left. The Maya civilization there stopped making big monuments and carvings.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> People who study the Maya civilization are not sure why this happened. They have many different ideas - some people think there was a big environmental disaster, or a disease affected a lot of people, or there were just too many people for the amount of food they could grow. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-classical_period_and_decline">Post-classical period and decline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayan_civilization&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Change section: Post-classical period and decline" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayan_civilization&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: Post-classical period and decline"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the north, the Maya civilization kept going. Other cultures started mixing with Mayan culture much more. Some of the important sites in this time were <a href="/wiki/Chichen_Itza" title="Chichen Itza">Chichen Itza</a>, Uxmal, <a href="/wiki/Edzn%C3%A1" title="Edzná">Edzná</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Coba" title="Coba">Coba</a>. At some point, the families who ruled over Chichen and Uxmal got weaker and the rulers in the city of <a href="/wiki/Mayapan" title="Mayapan">Mayapan</a> ruled all of the Mayan civilization in the Yucatán peninsula until there was a <a href="/wiki/Revolution" title="Revolution">revolt</a> in 1450.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the revolt, the whole area broke up into different cities who fought against each other, until the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_Yucat%C3%A1n" title="Spanish conquest of Yucatán">Spanish conquest of Yucatán</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Itza&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Itza (not yet started)">Itza</a> Maya, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ko%27woj&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ko'woj (not yet started)">Ko'woj</a>, and Yalain groups around what is now Guatamela were still around, but there were not very many of them. By 1520, they had built themselves back up again and started to build cities. The Itza had their capital at <a href="/wiki/Tayasal" title="Tayasal">Tayasal</a> (also known as Noh Petén), and people who study the Maya civlisation think what's left of this city is below the modern city of <a href="/wiki/Flores,_Guatemala" title="Flores, Guatemala">Flores, Guatemala</a> on <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Pet%C3%A9n_Itz%C3%A1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lake Petén Itzá (not yet started)">Lake Petén Itzá</a>. The Ko'woj had their capital at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Zacpeten&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zacpeten (not yet started)">Zacpeten</a>. Some Mayan cultures were still living in the southern highlands. </p><p>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Quich%C3%A9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Quiché (not yet started)">Quiché</a> kingdom produced the most famous Mayan work, the <a href="/wiki/Popol_Vuh" title="Popol Vuh">Popol Vuh</a>. It talks about the creation of the world, the Mayan gods and goddesses, how humans and animals were created and why the Quiché kingdom was the best one in the Maya civilization. </p><p>The Spanish started to conquer Maya lands. It took them a long time (170 years) to finish doing this because the Mayans had no <a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">capital city</a> and each city had a different culture. The last Mayan states, the Itza city of Tayasal and the Ko'woj city of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Zacpeten&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zacpeten (not yet started)">Zacpeten</a>, still had people living in them late into the 17th century. They were finally conquered in 1697. </p><p>There are still about 6 million <a href="/wiki/Maya_people" title="Maya people">Maya people</a> living in Central America. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayan_civilization&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Change section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayan_civilization&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: References"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724332">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFKatz" class="citation news cs1">Katz, Brigit. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/laser-scans-reveal-60000-hidden-maya-structures-guatemala-180968030/">"Laser Scans Reveal 60,000 Hidden Mayan Structures in Guatemala"</a>. <i>Smithsonian</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-02-08</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Smithsonian&rft.atitle=Laser+Scans+Reveal+60%2C000+Hidden+Mayan+Structures+in+Guatemala&rft.aulast=Katz&rft.aufirst=Brigit&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.smithsonianmag.com%2Fsmart-news%2Flaser-scans-reveal-60000-hidden-maya-structures-guatemala-180968030%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AMayan+civilization" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">See, for example, Drew (2004), p.6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Coe, page 47</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Coe, pages 63-64 </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Coe, page 81</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.archaeology.org/9901/newsbriefs/maya.html">"Maya Art Return"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2006-12-25</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Maya+Art+Return&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.archaeology.org%2F9901%2Fnewsbriefs%2Fmaya.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AMayan+civilization" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">See Coggins (1992).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Coe, pages 151-155</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">This city's name might be where the word "Maya" comes from. For the Maya civilisation and the Spanish who came later 'Maya' was the name for people from Yucatan. It only grew to mean all of the Mayan civilisation in the 19th and 20th centuries.</span> </li> </ol> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFCoe,_Michael_D.2020" class="citation book cs1">Coe, Michael D. (2020). <i>The Maya</i> (6th ed.). Thames & Hudson.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Maya&rft.edition=6th&rft.pub=Thames+%26+Hudson&rft.date=2020&rft.au=Coe%2C+Michael+D.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AMayan+civilization" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Coggins, Clemency (ed) 1992. <i>Artifacts from the Cenote of Sacrifice, Chichen Itza, Yucatan</i>. Memoirs of the Peabody Museum. Harvard University Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87365-694-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-87365-694-6">0-87365-694-6</a></li> <li>Drew, David 2004. The lost chronicles of the Maya Kings. 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