Re: NATLANG: Maya pronunciation guide

I think that the k' etc are ejectives. The vowels.... as far as I
remember maya has long and short i e a o (kindof similar to Spanish).
THe spelling system is fully of screwy Spanish ways of writing things
like [w] though... I think hu might sometimes be [w], x is [S], etc.
Basically, I don't know. :D

>I'm reading David Webster's _The Fall of the Ancient Maya_, and wondering how to
>pronounce the various Mayan names occuring in it. Does anyone have a handy
>pronunciation guide, or the willingness to summarize the essentials?
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>(In case there's multiple orthographies around, they spell the name of the last
>king of Copan as K'uhul Ajaw Yax Pasaj Chan Yoaat.)
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