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Yu·ca·tec | \ ˈyü-kə-ˌtek 
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\Definition of Yucatec
1 : a member of an American Indian people of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
2 : the Mayan language of the Yucatecs
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The first known use of Yucatec was in 1843
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