What is Maya people?
{{ethnic group| |group=Maya |image= Flag of the Mayan People.svg |total=7 million |regions=[[Mexico]], [[Guatemala]], [[Belize]] and [[Honduras]] |religions=[[Christianity]] (predominantly [[Roman Catholic]]) and [[Maya religion]] |languages=[[Mayan languages]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[English language|English]] |related_groups= }} The '''Maya people''' are several culturally related [[mesoamerica]]n ethnic groups of southern [[Mexico]] and northern [[Central America]]. The [[Mayan civilization]] lasted a few thousand years. Most populations of Maya are in the Mexican states of [[Yucatán (state)|Yucatán]], [[Campeche]], [[Quintana Roo]], [[Tabasco (state)|Tabasco]], and [[Chiapas]], and in the Central American countries of [[Belize]], [[Guatemala]], and the western portions of [[Honduras]] and [[El Salvador]]. == Other websites == * [http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2004/maya/lifeatcourt.shtm Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya at the National Gallery of Art] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725052215/http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2004/maya/lifeatcourt.shtm |date=2008-07-25 }} * Learn more about Maya [http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2004/maya/glyphmaker.shtm hieroglyphs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204192805/http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2004/maya/glyphmaker.shtm |date=2009-12-04 }} and Maya [http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2004/maya/numbers.shtm numbering from the National Gallery of Art] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090819130510/http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2004/maya/numbers.shtm |date=2009-08-19 }} * [http://www.pintada.org La Pintada, a Maya Chorti village near Copan Ruinas, Honduras] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105074209/http://pintada.org/ |date=2014-01-05 }} * [http://www.yucatanliving.com/video/yucatan-home-movie.htm A Day with Modern Mayans in the village of Oxtapacab, Yucatan, Mexico] {{North-America-stub}} [[Category:Ethnic groups in North America]] [[Category:Maya civilization]]