Ancient Maya App2.7.10 - App Store

With the Ancient Maya App you can create glyph blocks, share glyph blocks, decode glyph blocks, learn to read phonetic glyphs, convert dates between the Long Count calendar and the Gregorian calendar and easily navigate the Mayan syllabary. Explore the famous Stela 11 from Yaxchilan and even listen to a Mayan read it. The app includes nearly 800 glyphs, their definitions and over 600 dictionary entries and games to learn to recognize and read glyphs.

Version History Read glyph block tool updated so all affix glyphs are rotatable, this matches the behavior of the Write tool. 2.7.10 Oct 7 The games now include distractors to improve student learning. The syllabary can show glyphs from either Tokovinine or Carter. 2.7.9 Oct 5 Write feature supports logograms with phonetic compliments. Just edit a phonetic glyph block to see if there is a suitable logographic glyph. From the Write Information page you can enable infixing phonetic compliments. 2.7.8 Sep 2 The new "Read Logograms" game helps the user learn 130 common logographic glyphs. 2.7.7 Aug 25 The Write feature includes a native Mayan "flick" keyboard. It is modeled after Korean smartphone keyboards used, the user can tap for a consonant/vowel pair and then swipe to modify the vowel. 2.7.6 Jul 18 The improved Read Glyphs game now includes glyph blocks. 2.7.4 Jul 7 The new Read Glyphs game helps you learn 100 phonetic glyphs. 2.7.2 May 19 Much improved game play in Match game. 2.7.1 Mar 31 There's a new game to learn affix and main glyphs. The Write feature creates better looking glyph blocks. 2.7.0 Mar 27 Cleaned up affix glyphs to improve Write feature. Click on syllables in list on About page to see which glyphs can represent them. 2.6.4 Mar 22 Displays list of 93 syllables supported by Write and Read features. Fixed Write Share bug that affected iOS 26. 2.6.3 Mar 4 The Write feature includes a very basic editor, just click on a glyph block to change it. It also supports numbers and hyphenated input like '4-bi-na'. 2.6.2 Feb 14 The Write feature now has an Editor. Just click on your glyph blocks and a pop-up displays other ways to phonetically write your text. 2.6.0 12/16/2025 In the Write feature: initial support for missing letter substitution, created glyph blocks are clickable. In Read the feature, dotted arcs do not appear on the Affix page. On About page a feedback button was added. Supports Dark Mode, UI buttons moved away from screen edges, added "Dictionary" translation. 2.5.15 03/05/2025 Adds all entries from the Spanish version of dictionary in Kettunen and Helmke's Handbook 2.5.13 01/21/2025 Increases support for writing modern Yucatec with new 11 phonetic glyphs from Guillermo Kantun. Also adds many definitions to Spanish/Maya dictionary from Professors Kettunen and Helmke. 2.5.12 01/12/2025 Adds glyphs for Yucatec Mayan "xe" sound. Calendar Round dates displayed on calendar page. Initial Spanish dictionary integration started. 2.5.11 12/11/2024 Calendar round dates displayed on calendar page. Initial Spanish dictionary integration started. 2.5.10 12/11/2024 Main and affix glyphs for "xe" sound used in modern Yucatec. Calendar round dates displayed on calendar page. Initial Spanish dictionary integration started. 2.5.9 12/10/2024 Improve UI experience with small code improvements and updating development stack. 2.5.8 10/01/2024 Read feature can show only phonetic or logographic glyphs. 2.5.7 09/13/2024 Fixed rotation of affix glyphs in Read and improved dictionary lookup in Write. 2.5.6 09/08/2024 Even more improvements to automatic dictionary lookup in the Read function. 2.5.5 09/01/2024 Improves automatic dictionary lookup in the Read function. 2.5.4 09/01/2024 Fixed "smart quote" bug in the Write feature. 2.5.3 07/17/2024