The Yucatec Maya language is a pre-Columbian language spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico.

It is classified by UNESCO as an endangered language, with only about , speakers remaining. One of the interesting features of the Yucatec Maya language is that it has a syllable structure that is unusual for a language of its type.

Most languages have a syllable structure that is based on vowel sounds and consonant sounds.

The Yucatec Maya language, however, has a syllable structure that is based on the position of the consonant sounds in the word. The syllable structure of the Yucatec Maya language is as follows:Each syllable in a word is made up of one or more consonant sounds.

Each syllable in a word is made up of one or more vowel sounds.

The position of the consonant sounds in a word determines the syllable structure of the word. For example, the word mat is made up of the syllables mat, hat, sat.

The first syllable, mat, is based on the consonant sounds at the beginning of the word.

The second syllable, hat, is based on the consonant sounds at the end of the word. The third syllable, sat, is based on the consonant sounds in the middle of the word.