Linguist and software engineer focusing on artificial intelligence methods within linguistics
Many individuals unfamiliar with the intricacies of Mayan linguistics often hold the misconception that Mayan constitutes a singular, cohesive language that was prevalent across Mesoamerica. This assumption, however, does not hold true. In present-day Guatemala, there exist 22 officially recognized Mayan languages, each distinct in its own right. Moreover, Spanish is spoken alongside two other …
Up until now, my religious academic studies have focused mostly on the Old Testament and the Book of Mormon. I study the New Testament but up until this year have not spent a lot of time on it critically. I have mostly studied the theology. So I have decided that while I am waiting out …
We were waiting to announce this to everybody until everything was settled but the paperwork is going to take a couple of months so I will announce it now… I have been accepted into a doctorate program in Madrid, Spain, and my family and I will be moving to Spain in May or June. My …
The question of the influence of Christianity on Spanish Colonial texts has been a topic of debate for centuries. There is no mistaking that Christianity shaped New Spain in many ways. Nowhere is this more pronounced than the idea of the lost ten tribes in Mesoamerica. By the time the Popol Wuj was translated in …