This list underlies the comparative study of the 16 Mayan languages, spoken outside the Republic of Guatemala. Its vocabulary was originally compiled and the corresponding data were collected by Berendt around the middle of the 19th century, later published by Stoll in 1884 with minor modifications. The languages are ordered according to the degree of their relatedness to the Mayan family, starting from the most genetically remote variety. It is also worth noting that the variety of Chol, recorded by Berendt, is reported to have undergone some significant changes after the point of its documentation.