Mayan Sign Language (Spanish: Lengua de señas maya or yucateca) is a sign language used in Mexico and Guatemala by Mayan communities with unusually high numbers of deaf inhabitants.
As the hearing villagers are competent in the sign language, the deaf inhabitants seem to be well integrated into the community – in contrast to the marginalization of deaf people in the wider community, and also in contrast to Highland Mayan Sign Language.
Researcher Erich Fox Tree reports that it is used by deaf rural Maya throughout the region, as well as some traders and traditional storytellers.
These communities and Fox Tree believe that Meemul Chʼaabʼal belongs to an ancient family of Maya sign languages.
[2] Fox Tree claims that Yucatec Maya Sign Language is closely related and substantially mutually intelligible.