Talk:Zaculeu

Modern Maya
includes dozens of different languages. Which is it that spells the place Saqulew? -LlywelynII (talk) 22:34, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Saqulew is in K'iche'. --Big-latigo (talk) 13:52, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Etymology and location
The etimology for both Mam and Q'anjob'al maya was not accurate. In Mam language, "Earth" is twitz tx'otx' and "Soil" is tx'otx'. In Q'anjob'al language is Yib'an q'inal and tx'otx'ej, respectively. I made such distinction, since in Mayan languages the words for Earth and soil aren't interchangeable, as opposed to Indoeuropean counterparts. Big-latigo (talk) 14:21, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Maya' Choltzij: Vocabulario comparativo, Oxlajuuj Keej Maya' Ajtz'iib', Cholsamaj, 2003
 * I've undone the change for now, since the information is cited. I'm sure there is more than one way of saying these things, but I will go back to my sources to check this... Simon Burchell (talk) 17:11, 3 September 2014 (UTC)