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Hello Nti4!,
editI made a few edits to your sandbox, mostly just to fix a few minor things such as wording and to create different sections for information that seemed different from the lead. If you need a few more sources, I would suggest that you request things from Rutgers Library sources (so you don't have to buy the books). Here are a couple that I found that may be helpful for your final article.:
- Garzon, S. (1992). Process of language death in a Mayan community in southern Mexico. International Journal Of The Sociology Of Language, 9353-66
- England, N. C., & Maldonado, R. Z. (2013). Mayan Languages. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/obo/9780199772810-0147
- Maxwell, J. (2006). Mayan Languages. Encyclopedia Of Language And Linguistics, 14-Volume Set, 549-553. doi:10.1016/B0-08-044854-2/02284-7
I would also suggest that you take out the sentence about one of the vocabulary books being at Rutgers University, unless that's the only copy still on record world-wide as it seems either biased (because we attend Rutgers) or unneccessary. While I also added the new section for "culture" I would potentially suggest that you just remove the whole thing if you cannot find a lot of information on it, as I would think that "culture" would fall more under the Tektitan peoples page, rather than the Tektitan language page.
Things to add might include some of the grammar or Syntax rules, words or prayers you've briefly mentioned on the page already, (especially if some are noted as significant to the people), or information about how the language differs from other nearby languages (including Mexican Spanish).
I hope I could help, and good luck with the page!
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