Mayan vs Amerind

Mayan and Amerind both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Mayan	Yes	No	No	No
Amerind	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, Amerind is a hypernym of Mayan; that is, Amerind is a word with a broader meaning than Mayan:

Mayan (noun)	Amerind (noun)
a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayas	any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
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

Mayan (adjective)	Amerind (adjective)
	of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages