Mayan

Mayan most commonly refers to:

Mayan people, various indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica and northern Central America

Maya civilization, pre-Columbian culture of Mesoamerica and northern Central America

Mayan languages, language family spoken in Mesoamerica and northern Central America

Yucatec Maya language, language spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula and northern Belize

Mayan or Mayan may also refer to:

Mayan, Semnan, Iran

Mayan stage, geological period that occurred during the end of the Middle Cambrian

Mayan (band), a Dutch symphonic metal band

Mayan languages

The Mayan languages form a language family spoken in Mesoamerica and northern Central America. Mayan languages are spoken by at least 6 million Maya peoples, primarily in Guatemala, Mexico, Belize and Honduras. In 1996, Guatemala formally recognized 21 Mayan languages by name, and Mexico recognizes eight more within their territory.

The Mayan language family is one of the best-documented and most studied in the Americas. Modern Mayan languages descend from the Proto-Mayan language, thought to have been spoken at least 5000 years ago; it has been partially reconstructed using the comparative method.

Mayan languages form part of the Mesoamerican language area, an area of linguistic convergence developed throughout millennia of interaction between the peoples of Mesoamerica. All Mayan languages display the basic diagnostic traits of this linguistic area. For example, all use relational nouns instead of prepositions to indicate spatial relationships. They also possess grammatical and typological features that set them apart from other languages of Mesoamerica, such as the use of ergativity in the grammatical treatment of verbs and their subjects and objects, specific inflectional categories on verbs, and a special word class of "positionals" which is typical of all Mayan languages.

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Mayan (band)

MaYaN is a Dutch symphonic death metal band founded by vocalist Mark Jansen, keyboardist Jack Driessen and guitarist Frank Schiphorst. The name of the band was chosen by Jansen out of his fascination for the ancient Maya civilization.

On September 6th, 2013, Nuclear Blast released a press statement that confirmed that Laura Macrì and Henning Basse, who were guest and tour members for the first album, have become full-time members.

Line-up

Mark Jansen – grunts, screams (2010–present)

Ariën van Weesenbeek – drums, grunts (2010–present)

Jack Driessen – keyboards, screams (2010–present)

Frank Schiphorst – guitars (2010–present)

Rob van der Loo – bass (2011–present)

Laura Macrì - vocals (2013–present, touring 2011–2012)

Henning Basse - vocals (2013–present, touring 2011–2012)

Merel Bechtold - guitars (2013–present)

Sander Gommans - guitars (2010)

Jeroen Paul Thesseling - fretless bass (2010-2011)

Isaac Delahaye – guitars (2010-2013)

Simone Simons - vocals

2011/05/13 Baroeg, Rotterdam (NL)

2011/05/14 Escape, Veenendaal (NL)

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Quarterpast

Quarterpast is the debut album by Dutch metal supergroup MaYaN. It was released on May 20, 2011 in Europe. The title Quarterpast was suggested by a fan as part of a competition to decide the band's name, but was eventually used as the album title when the band decided to name themselves MaYaN.

Track listing

All music is by MaYaN except "Bite the Bullet" which is by MaYaN & Sander Gommans. All lyrics are by Mark Jansen except "Essenza di Te" which is by Laura Macrì, and "Sinner's Last Retreat" which is by Mark Jansen & Johanna Najla Fakhry.