 Anthropological linguist William Hanks, for example, identifies "hunab ku" as an expression created in the context of "maya reducido," a form of Yucatec created in the context of missionization.He writes "The use of "hunab ku" ['one' + suffix + 'god'] for the singularity of God is linguistically transparent to the oneness of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and occurs widely in the missionary writings.He also notes, "the fact that close paraphrases make reference to "Dios," "halal ku", and "hunab ku" allows us to securely identify "hunab ku" with the Christian God, even when surrounding text may be ambiguous."