Maps of Greater Mamean
Mayan in Meso-America at the Time of Contact
Mayan in Meso-America at the Time of Contact
Map Creator:
The LINGUIST List
Data Sources: The LINGUIST List. 07 Aug 2008. "Mayan: Composite 2008." The LINGUIST List MultiTree Language Database.
Terrence Kaufman, Stephanie Koerner, et al. 2007. R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley (eds.), Atlas of the World's Languages: 56. Oxford: Routledge.
Date Created: Jun-2009.
Map Description:
The areas pictured display locations of where Mayan subgroup languages were spoken when they were first encountered and knowledge of them was recorded. As specified by Asher and Moseley, the time of contact varied for each language; most of the coastal languages were first identified during the 16th and 17th centuries, although some languages in the interior of South America became known much more recently during the 20th century (Asher, Moseley et al.).
This original map was made by vectorizing data from the MultiTree language database and the Altas of the World's Languages.
Other resources related to this project:
This folder (Meso-America at the Time of Contact) contains other maps showing linguistic subgroups and their time of contact. The maps may be overlaid on each other for a more complete picture.
Data Sources: The LINGUIST List. 07 Aug 2008. "Mayan: Composite 2008." The LINGUIST List MultiTree Language Database.
Terrence Kaufman, Stephanie Koerner, et al. 2007. R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley (eds.), Atlas of the World's Languages: 56. Oxford: Routledge.
Date Created: Jun-2009.
Map Description:
The areas pictured display locations of where Mayan subgroup languages were spoken when they were first encountered and knowledge of them was recorded. As specified by Asher and Moseley, the time of contact varied for each language; most of the coastal languages were first identified during the 16th and 17th centuries, although some languages in the interior of South America became known much more recently during the 20th century (Asher, Moseley et al.).
This original map was made by vectorizing data from the MultiTree language database and the Altas of the World's Languages.
Other resources related to this project:
This folder (Meso-America at the Time of Contact) contains other maps showing linguistic subgroups and their time of contact. The maps may be overlaid on each other for a more complete picture.
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