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== The Maya today ==
== The Maya today ==
[[File:Guatemala mayan women.jpg|thumb|300px|Mayan women from [[Guatemala]].]]
Today the Mayans live in [[Guatemala]], [[Belize]], Southern [[Mexico]] and the western fringes of [[Honduras]] and [[El Salvador]], with emigrant communities in the [[United States]] and the rest of Mexico. Mayan languages are still spoken by about 4 million people; the Mayan languages with the largest number of speakers are Yucatec in Mexico and K'iché in Guatemala, with up to one million speakers each. Many Mayas follow the [[Roman Catholic]] religion, often strongly mixed (syncretic) with precolumbian beliefs. In recent decades many Mayans have converted to [[Protestantism]], especially [[Evangelical]] and [[Pentecostal]] churches.
Today the Mayans live in [[Guatemala]], [[Belize]], Southern [[Mexico]] and the western fringes of [[Honduras]] and [[El Salvador]], with emigrant communities in the [[United States]] and the rest of Mexico. Mayan languages are still spoken by about 4 million people; the Mayan languages with the largest number of speakers are Yucatec in Mexico and K'iché in Guatemala, with up to one million speakers each. Many Mayas follow the [[Roman Catholic]] religion, often strongly mixed (syncretic) with precolumbian beliefs. In recent decades many Mayans have converted to [[Protestantism]], especially [[Evangelical]] and [[Pentecostal]] churches.
The most famous contemporary Maya is probably [[Rigoberta Menchú]], a Guatemalan activist who won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1992.
The most famous contemporary Maya is probably [[Rigoberta Menchú]], a Guatemalan activist who won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1992.
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== See also ==
== See also ==