Resumen

SIMA LOZANO, Eyder Gabriel; PERALES ESCUDERO, Moisés Damián  y  BE RAMIREZ, Pedro Antonio. Attitudes of Bilingual Yucatec Maya and Spanish into the Mayan Language and its Speakers in Merida, Yucatan. Estud. cult. maya [online]. 2014, vol.43, pp.157-179. ISSN 0185-2574.

Some linguistic attitudes towards Yucatec Maya held by various groups of speakers have not been examined. This paper explores the attitudes of Maya-Spanish bilinguals living in Merida toward Yucatec Maya. Our findings indicate that attitudes toward Yucatec Maya are generally positive; the language is currently seen as prestigious. However, the attitudes that bilinguals perceive toward their in-group are both positive and negative. We propose that language policy and planning should explicitly attempt to increase the prestige of the speakers and not only of the language.

Palabras llave : attitudes; bilingual; Mayan language; Merida.