Maya vs Indian

Maya and Indian both are nouns.

Maya is not an adjective while Indian is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Maya	Yes	No	No	No
Indian	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, Indian is a hypernym of Maya; that is, Indian is a word with a broader meaning than Maya:

Maya: a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayas
Indian: any of the languages spoken by Amerindians

Other hypernyms of Maya include American-Indian language, American Indian, American Indian language, Amerind, Amerind language, Amerindian language, Indian language.

Maya (noun)	Indian (noun)
a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayas	any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
an ethnic minority speaking Mayan languages and living in Yucatan and adjacent areas	a native or inhabitant of India
a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy

Maya (adjective)	Indian (adjective)
	of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures
	of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages

Difference between Maya and Indian

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