The Mayan alphabet is the only kind of Mesoamerican script that has been successfully deciphered. Attempts to understand the Mayan alphabet can be dated as far back as the 16th century when a Spanish bishop accompanying the conquistadors penned down a key for the Mayan syllables.

This website is an HTML version of CMGG, Sim Lee's Classic Maya Glyph Guide (Amsterdam: self-published, 2023-2025), with an accompanying Concordance that gives a visual cross-reference to Thompson, Bonn, and MHD glyph information, including all of their glyphs.

Maya script, also known as Maya glyphs, is historically the native writing system of the Maya civilization of Mesoamerica and is the only Mesoamerican writing system that has been substantially deciphered.

Yucatec Maya is a Mayan language spoken by about 887,520 people mainly in Mexico. It is spoken particularly in Yucatan in Mexico, and also in parts of Campeche, Tabasco, Chiapas, and Quintana Roo states in Mexico, in the Cayo district in northern Belize, and in San Francisco, California in the USA.

Recent archeological finds indicate that the Mayan civilisation started much earlier: around 3,000 BC. In about 1566, the first bishop of Yucatan, Diego de Landa, compiled a key to the Mayan syllabary consisting of 27 Spanish letters and the Mayan glyphs with similar sounds.

The following K'iche'-English dictionary was compiled by Allen J. Christenson while conducting field work in highland Maya linguistics and ethnography from 1978-1985. All of the entries were elicited through collaboration with native K'iche' speakers in the communities of Momostenango (as well as its dependent

Welcome to our Yucatec Maya alphabet page! The following charts show the pronunciation for the orthography we have used on our site, as well as some alternate spellings that you may find in other books and websites. Like the a in father. Like a only held longer. Like the Spanish e, similar to the a in English gate. Like e only held longer.

Article on the Maya writing system (hieroglyphs), how it was deciphered and how to read it. Also includes further reading.

The mayan letter system was full of these. theres (from left to right) Ahaw (lord), K'u,k'ul (Sacred God), Pakal (shield), K'al (twenty), Iz'am (throne), Tok (flint), Akot (dance), Chan (sky), Hoy (Make proper), K'awill (spirit), Nal (place), and Tun (stone). They all have something to do with people or things that were important to the villages.

Maya Word Glyphs: K' Click once on a glyph to hear it pronounced. K'ABA' name CH'OK-K'ABA' youth name K'AHK' fire K'AHK' fire K'AHK' fire K'AN yellow, precious