Yucatec Maya language sounds

It’s really interesting. What Yucatec Maya language really sounds like? For note: Yucatec Maya is spoken among the indigenous people of the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. Some interesting aspects of the language are that it has no word for yes, there is no word for please and the way of saying “thank you” literally means “God pays.” Also the Maya word for fine or okay sounds almost like malo, the Spanish word for bad. It is easy to imagine the early encomenderos/slavers problems in understanding this subjugated people. So, now you can hear it:

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