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I undid this revision again. I checked the reference you provided. It does not even MENTION Mayan languages. It doesn't even have any author attribution. It is utterly irrelevant to the topic of this page and attempts to inject pseudo-scientific fiction into the discussion of Mayan languages. Please stop vandalizing the page. |
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==Literature==
{{main|Mesoamerican literature}}
[[File:Španjolski, majanski i engleski.jpg|thumb|Trilingual text in [[Calakmul]]: Spanish,
From the classic language to the present day, a body of literature has been written in Mayan languages. The earliest texts to have been preserved are largely monumental inscriptions documenting rulership, succession, and ascension, conquest and calendrical and astronomical events. It is likely that other kinds of literature were written in perishable media such as [[Mayan codices|codices]] made of [[amate|bark]], only four of which have survived the ravages of time and the campaign of destruction by Spanish missionaries.{{sfn|Coe|1987|p=161}}
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