The Mayan languages are a group of languages spoken by the Maya peoples. The Maya form an enormous group of approximately 7 million people who are descended from an ancient Mesoamerican civilization and spread across the modern-day countries of: Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. Speaking descendant languages from their original Proto-Mayan language, some of their languages were recorded in the form of 'glyphs' of a Mayan script.
The languages are shown along with their population estimates, as available.
| Language | Speakers | Year | Countries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60,563 | 2020 census | (Tabasco) | ||
| 254,715 | 2020 census | (Chiapas) | ||
| 30,000 | 2000 | , | ||
| 0 | extinct | , | ||
| 589,144 | 2020 census | (Chiapas) | ||
| 550,274 | 2020 census | (Chiapas) | ||
| 0 | Extinct | (Huehuetenango), (Chiapas) | ||
| Tének | 168,729 | 2020 census | (San Luis Potosi, Veracruz) | |
| 61,630 | 2003-2011 | (Huehuetenango), (Chiapas) | ||
| 66,953 | 2010 census | (Chiapas) | ||
| 34,500 | 2000-2003 | (Huehuetenango), (Chiapas), | ||
| 148,340 | 2003-2010 | (Huehuetenango), (Chiapas) | ||
| 45,430 | 2003-2011 | (Huehuetenango), (Chiapas) | ||
| 126 | 2020 | (Chiapas) | ||
| 9,610 | 2003 census | (Huehuetenango), | ||
| 83,600 | 2003 census | (El Quiché), | ||
| 488,500 | 2003-2011 | , (Chiapas) | ||
| 1,211 | 2000-2003 | (Huehuetenango), (Chiapas) | ||
| 1,371,606 | 2020 | ,, | ||
| 11,300 | 2003 census | |||
| 92,900 | 2003 census | (Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, El Quiché) | ||
| 82,600 | 2003 census | (Baja Verapaz) | ||
| 1,055,407 | 2020 | , | ||
| 445,000 | 2001 census | , (Chiapas) | ||
| Tzʼutujil | 63,200 | 2003 census | ||
| 15,000 | 2006 | (El Quiché) | ||
| 5,690 | 2003 census | (San Marcos) | ||
| 2,000 | 2013 | (El Quiché) | ||
| 1,090 | 2003 census | (El Petén) | ||
| 13,060 | 2003-2014 | , (El Petén) | ||
| 998 | 2015 | (Chiapas) | ||
| Maya (Yucatec) | 812,633 | 2010-2014 | , |
In addition, Chalchitek is considered by some to be a distinct language, while others consider it a dialect of Awakatek.