The Yucatec Mayan Language in the Linguistic Formation in the Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia

Abstract

The goal of the courses of lengua indígena into the linguistics program in the Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia, is put into practice the basic principles of linguistic description, which are viewed as part of the elementary courses in this linguistics program. The students, during three semesters, work in the compilation and description of data about some indigenous Mexican language. This paper shows how the mentioned work of compilation and description has been done in Yucatec Maya.