On October 27th, something exciting and unexpected happened. Someone in Mexico — someone managing about 300 Apple computers — installed the Ancient Maya App on all of them. I would love to know where this was done and help support whatever they’re working on. A school? A university? A museum? Developers get some basic activity stats from the iOS App Store. I don’t …
The Ancient Maya App, originally built for smartphone, now runs under Windows. Our first test release is in the Windows Store. A few friends are already trying it out and helping identify compatibility issues across different Windows 10 and 11 systems. Everything works except the Read feature — that fix is on the way and …
1. No Collection of Personal Information This Privacy Policy informs you about our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information when you use our application. The Ancient Maya App does not access, collect, store, or transmit any personal information from its users or their devices. “Personal Information” includes any data that could …
Double thanks to Prof. Lauren Sullivan! She teaches at both Tufts and UMass Boston. This week we presented our Introduction to Maya Writing Workshop to her Maya History class at UMass Boston. Last week we presented at her Mesoamerican class at Tufts. We’re always grateful for the opportunity to do our little workshop. Here’s a …
We’re building a version of the app that runs on Windows. Specifically Windows 10 or 11 and new versions. If you need support for an older version of Windows, or have any questions, app support is available at ancientmayaapp@gmail.com. The Windows App Store requires a public declaration of the app’s Privacy Policy. It is: This …
Túumben Chuunul is a project and website by Gloria Guadalupe Dzib Kumul. She is a primary school teacher in Kanxoc (near Valladolid). The website has lessons and virtual learning objects for teaching the Maya language to children. Gloria is also a Fellow at Cultural Survival. Here’s how Túumben Chuunul introduces Mayan words for colors: This …
As we’ve discussed, modern Maya languages use sounds that were not written with ancient Maya phonetic glyphs. To write these modern words we need new glyphs. This new release includes 11 glyphs for modern Yucatec. Specifically, main and an affix glyphs for “ch’e”, “ch’i”, “t’i” and “xe”, affix glyphs for “ch’i”, “t’a”, “t’e”. They were created …
Deb, Tommy, Benjamin and I are traveling to Yucatan! We arrive in Valladolid on Feb 7th. We arrive in Mérida on Feb 7th and leave on Feb 19th. Yay! We have lots of time to meet with friends working on language revitalization, supporting modern Mayan languages, the Unicode standard, creating materials for introductory workshops on …
As we’ve discussed, modern Maya languages use sounds that were not used in ancient Maya languages. To write these modern words we need new glyphs. The new release includes a main and an affix glyph for “xe”. They were created by epigrapher Guillermo Kantun and are used with his permission. This release also includes calendar …
Durante los últimos 1500 años, los sonidos que utilizan los hablantes mayas han evolucionado. Las lenguas mayas modernas incluyen algunas sílabas que no se utilizaban en la antigüedad. Para escribir estos nuevos sonidos, tenemos que ampliar ligeramente el silabario antiguo. Estamos trabajando con el epigrafista maya Jesús Guillermo Kantún Rivera para apoyar la escritura del …